[quote=spdrun]Better that they have to ask permission than be allowed to take without asking. Anything that makes law enforcement’s life even a slight bit more onerous is good in my book and a given judge’s decisions are subject to scrutiny by other judges which might just decide to throw a case out.

Culture has swung too far in the violence industry’s favor since 9/11. Time for some pushback.[/quote]

Since 9/11? What about FISA? Or Hoover’s COINTELPRO program?

The US has been making war on its own poor and the 3rd world for decades. The technology has simply become better. No more pen registers, now they have supercomputers.