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There are some interesting debates at present. This issue is ripe now with the extended latitude granted to law enforcement under the Patriot Act.
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Wire taps
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BrothaBill
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Hey I just got back from a tour at the FBI headquarters a couple of months ago, an aquaintance of mine turns out hes a bigwig at the FBI. He gave me a tour, went into the wiretap room and everything. A very nondescript room with just some computers and equipment. He explained whats entailed in securing permission to do a wiretap. Obviously I was very curious and asked alot of questions. Alot of time and effort is put into tapping, they have certain rules they have to follow about what they can listen to and for how long, so a person has to sit there the whole time. From what I gather its a complete pain in the ass to do and very labor intensive. So they dont just do it willy-nilly. This was just the FBI though and I have no idea what the other agencies local,state, dea are doing with tapping. It was pretty cool tour though, I saw the war-room when 9-11 happened. He was telling me what it was like that day and how shit hit the fan, This is Seattle so its the whole state of Washington headquarters building. Must've been a zoo. Those guys arent all that bad.
AND NO IM NOT A FED!
AND NO IM NOT A FED!
bwood
Banned
wiretapping as per the former U.S. district attorney
teaching my crim procedure pre-trial class...
congress forbids wiretapping by a search warrant...
before 9/11, it was limited to particularly heinous
crimes such as murder, kidnapping, etc...
9/11 added crimes related to terrorism activites, i believe...
it can take months to get court approval for a wiretap
and then it must be from an article III judge (life appointment)
so that the judge is immune to political pressure...
there must be no other feasible way to gather the
desired evidence...
the overall time limit on a wiretap order is short, 60
days is stretching it, i believe, but they can be continued
if it pleases the court...
there is a minimization requirement...this means that the feds
have to turn it off if the discussion does not concern the
subject matter they are seeking...however, they can tune
back in periodically to check that it doesnt...
wiretap law has its own exclusionary law plus the standard
protections of the 4th amendment PLUS criminal penalties
for agents that violate its requirements...
teaching my crim procedure pre-trial class...
congress forbids wiretapping by a search warrant...
before 9/11, it was limited to particularly heinous
crimes such as murder, kidnapping, etc...
9/11 added crimes related to terrorism activites, i believe...
it can take months to get court approval for a wiretap
and then it must be from an article III judge (life appointment)
so that the judge is immune to political pressure...
there must be no other feasible way to gather the
desired evidence...
the overall time limit on a wiretap order is short, 60
days is stretching it, i believe, but they can be continued
if it pleases the court...
there is a minimization requirement...this means that the feds
have to turn it off if the discussion does not concern the
subject matter they are seeking...however, they can tune
back in periodically to check that it doesnt...
wiretap law has its own exclusionary law plus the standard
protections of the 4th amendment PLUS criminal penalties
for agents that violate its requirements...
Lucias:
If you were in Washington State, you visited an FBI field office. The FBI Headquarters is in the Hoover Building in DC.
RW
If you were in Washington State, you visited an FBI field office. The FBI Headquarters is in the Hoover Building in DC.
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