Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 01:26:17 +0000 (GMT)
From: [b g lover] at [netcom.com] (William Glover)
To: [n--b--n] at [Mainstream.com]
Subject: Fourth amendment showing signs of life
Message-ID: <[199510050126 BAA 16894] at [netcom5.netcom.com]>

So, maybe some of these gun searchers with magnetometers are
illegal as well? Especially without consent?

         DENVER, (Reuter) - It is unconstitutional for police and
drug enforcement agents to scan homes with heat-sensing
equipment to detect suspected criminal activity without a
warrant, the federal appeals court in Denver ruled Wednesday.

         ``We reject the government's contention that its technical
wizardy should free it from the restraints mandated by the
Fourth Amendment,'' the court said. It noted that the government
denies thermal imagers intrude upon privacy.


Bill .... [b g lover] at [netcom.com]
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