"The Justice Department views an opened e-mail left on a service provider's computer as more like a postcard left on a table than a sealed letter in a drawer"
2006-12-01 02:46:18 · 9 answers · asked by ? 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-email01dec01,0,7572246.story?coll=la-opinion-leftrail
2006-12-01 02:46:47 · update #1
Well, no, it should be like regular mail-which in the past the government or anyone else, was not allowed to open at random. It's a different United States now-the NSA can open your mail or email. Innocent people have been held under terrorists charges-and been cleared-even after years. If you think the innocent are safe, I believe you've been brainwashed properly.
2006-12-01 03:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by Middleclassandnotquiet 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course they shouldn't be allowed. The FBI wants a quick easy way to get around the law so their jobs are easier. They need to get off their butts out of the offices and on to the streets. That is what we pay them for.
Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar.
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2006-12-01 11:19:41 · answer #2 · answered by RayCATNG 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you could argue it's more like a postcard in a sealed drawer. I'm assuming you have some sort of agreement with the service provider that they don't treat your email account with full disclosure to anyone that asks. If so we need to be more selective about which SP we choose.
2006-12-01 10:55:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The fact of the matter is scare tactics like this have been used throughout history to allow people to give up their freedoms. While I might even be inclined to agree with the "If you have nothing to hide blah blah blah" statements that seem to be flying around you have to them ask yourself "where will it end?" Today they are checking your email, what will they be doing tomorrow. If you are that terrified you don’t deserve to be free.
Have a nice day.
2006-12-01 11:14:02 · answer #4 · answered by Johnny T 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
email hasn't been threw a branch of the government (like snail mail has) and therefor is not privileged to the same rights... now.. hacking into a computer would be invasion of privacy if there was no warrant.. but once an email has been sent it's fair game.
and as for the "if you have nothing to hide" argument... i agree that if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about.. but what worries me is where does that logic stop.. sure right now it's emails.. but what comes next? that logic leads to a slippery slope... and that is something we should all try to avoid.
2006-12-01 11:06:36 · answer #5 · answered by pip 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Most definetely! It shouldn't matter if they go through your e-mail as long as you dont have anything to hide!!
Why worry?
2006-12-01 11:05:40 · answer #6 · answered by Put on your boxing gloves boys! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"He who has nothing to hide, hides nothing."
***Add on- Federal privacy laws ENABLE money laundering and white collar crime. It's a fact! ***
2006-12-01 10:56:53 · answer #7 · answered by upside down 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it makes me feel safer to know that they are there to protect us. If you have nothing to hide, it really shouldn't bother you.
2006-12-01 10:51:57 · answer #8 · answered by Jade 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
not everyones.
2006-12-01 10:52:13 · answer #9 · answered by Mr.happy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋