Dragaera

Fw: the pitfalls of judgmental law enforcement

Fri Jan 9 14:20:11 PST 2004

On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 15:25:59 -0600, you wrote:

>At 05:24 PM 1/8/04 -0800, warbi wrote:
>>   Entrapment is a major weapon of police these days, just like illegal
>>search and seizure.  There have even been recent movements to do away with
>>the Miranda rights.  If they think drugs are involved, kiss your rights
>>good-bye.
>
>
>To quote Bruce Schneier, "Who ever knew that 'drugs' was the root password 
>to the Constitution."

They've changed that, now.  It's all about "terrorism" rather than
drugs.  Granted, drugs is still bad, but terrorism is the big bugaboo
these days.


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