Irate Congressman gives cops easy rule: “just follow the damn Constitution”

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/04/30/irate-congressman-gives-cops-easy-rule-just-follow-the-damn-constitution/

by esharte • 11 years ago

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angersock• 11 years ago

Wonderful quote from article:

"And because the NSA didn't do that and other law enforcement agencies didn't do that, you're seeing a vast public reaction to this. Because the NSA, your colleagues, have essentially violated the Fourth Amendment rights of every American citizen for years by seizing all of our phone records, by collecting our Internet traffic, that is now spilling over to other aspects of law enforcement. And if you want to get this fixed, I suggest you write to NSA: the FBI should tell the NSA, stop violating our rights. And then maybe you might have much more of the public on the side of supporting what law enforcement is asking for."

greenyoda• 11 years ago

The Representative who you quoted also has a background that may be of interest to the HN community:

"Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), who described himself as a 'recovering computer science major,' provided one of the most forceful counter-arguments. (He is just one of four House members with computer science degrees.) Lieu also is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserves and served for four years as a member of the Judge Advocate General’s Corps."

Irate Congressman gives cops easy rule: “just follow the damn Constitution”

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