Dragaera

Fw: the pitfalls of judgmental law enforcement

Lydia Nickerson lydy at demesne.com
Fri Jan 9 15:12:24 PST 2004

At 02:20 PM 1/9/04 -0800, lazarus wrote:
>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.


Well, the security experts do recommend that you change your password 
regularly.