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Obama Administration Pushes for Tracking Cell Phones

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Posted by gorb 2010-02-12 02:09|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 salondotcom

Obama has, in the past, emphatically opposed warrantless eavesdropping and telecom amnesty. In response to emails his campaign has received over the past couple days, he has been sending out an email containing the following statements:

I have consistently opposed this Administration's efforts to use debates about our national security to expand its own power, whether that was in regard to the conduct of the Iraq war or its restrictions on our civil liberties through domestic surveillance programs or suspension of habeas corpus. It is time to restore oversight and accountability in the FISA program, and rejecting this unprecedented grant of retroactive immunity is a good place to start.

Posted by Willy 2010-02-12 10:20|| 2010-02-12 10:20|| Front Page Top

#2 I can tell Bambi's lying - his lips are moving.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-02-12 10:34|| 2010-02-12 10:34|| Front Page Top

#3 "if Navas intended to keep the cell phone's location private, he simply could have turned it off."
Not necessarily. The GPS locator is active even if turned off. The battery must be removed which is difficult in the newer phones.

The court has ruled there is no reasonable expectation of privacy when using the internet. Isn't this the same thing? Since this technology is used for good tracking of lost or kidnapped people, only crooks, druggies, pimps, and other ne'er-do-wells would have anything to worry about, making the argument for privacy rights suspicious if not indefensible. Interesting about-face.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-02-12 11:26|| 2010-02-12 11:26|| Front Page Top

#4 "if Navas intended to keep the cell phone's location private, he simply could have turned it off"

I wouldn't how how to do that (or that I could). You gonna come down here and turn mine off for me, judgie?

They chip and chip away at our freedom and privacy by saying they're doing it to catch criminals. While I don't like most criminals and what they do, where in the Constitution does it say criminals don't have the same rights as the rest of us? They're not criminals until they're convicted. And don't think for one minute some gummint thug won't use this against someone who just disagrees with the gummint.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2010-02-12 11:37|| 2010-02-12 11:37|| Front Page Top

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