OT: RE: Collecting, Hacking and the Spooks (was: Gulf War, dummie s,

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Wed Feb 5 12:45:01 2003

At 08:37 AM 2/5/03 -0700, you wrote:
>New York Times
>June 11, 2001
>
>Court Restricts Heat-Sensor Searches
>By David Stout
>
>WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court today reiterated the right of privacy in the
>age of technology, ruling in an Oregon drug case that the police cannot use
>a heat-seeking device to probe the interior of a home without a search
>warrant.


    They restricted the use of HEAT SENSORS but they did not restrict the police from using estimates of exceesive power usage by the power companies. That's how they "caught" Zane. The thermal imaging sensors would have probably shown that the source was a computer and not growing plants. BTW they also use both technologies for detecking stills built inside of homes.

   Joe
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