media phone records under scrutiny
first, phone records were only going to be used to catch terrorists, now they are being used to catch leakers. what next?
posted by Steven O'Connor @ 10:12 AM
8 comments
first, phone records were only going to be used to catch terrorists, now they are being used to catch leakers. what next?
posted by Steven O'Connor @ 10:12 AM
8 comments
8 Comments:
So are these just pen registers or actual wiretapped conversations? If they are just looking at pen registers then how would the fact that I called the NYT establish whether I was a leak or not? I can't be sure but I suspect reporters make and receive many calls a day. I think the main thing to remember is not to confess. The privacy violation does not seem that egregious. Especially if you are calling from your government phone on government time and the government wants to know who its employees call.
Am I the only person out there with a sense of self-preservation? If it keeps me from getting blown up, the government can track all the phone calls of mine it wants. For that matter, it can root through my sock drawer and prowl around my refrigerator.
Re phone records, the government has a right to look at it's own in order to do an investigation, but getting every call record in the country is another story.
Re sock drawer, that logic means that the authorities should be able to just go door to door and search every home to look for terrorists. Seems like there might be a Fourth Amendment issue here.
First, in response to anonymous' question, these are just registers of call data, not the calls themselves. Second, re: Steven O below, I maintain that all patriotic Americans would welcome the government into their sock drawer to look for terrorists, as long as a free pass were given for all lesser offenses that might be stumbled upon in the pursuit of said terroristas.
I say briefly: Best! Useful information. Good job guys.
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