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libertyjam
03-20-2013, 11:55 AM
"Police are allowed in some circumstances to install hidden surveillance cameras on private property without obtaining a search warrant, a federal judge said on October 29th, 2012.

CNET has learned that U.S. District Judge William Griesbach ruled that it was reasonable for Drug Enforcement Administration agents to enter rural property without permission -- and without a warrant -- to install multiple "covert digital surveillance cameras" in hopes of uncovering evidence that 30 to 40 marijuana plants were being grown."

Read more:

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57542510-38/court-oks-warrantless-use-of-hidden-surveillance-cameras/
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John Whitehead, President of The Rutherford Institute, slams the practice of civil asset forfeiture in his March 18, 2013 Huffington Post op-ed on Attorney General Eric Holder:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/attorney-general-eric-hol_b_2900647.html

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SCOTUS accepts Kaley v. U.S.
On March 18, 2013, in Uncategorized, by Scott Alexander Meiner


Lyle Denniston reports that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear Kaley v. the United States:

The Court also granted review on whether an individual faced with the forfeiture of property that may be the proceeds of a crime has a right to a pre-trial hearing to challenge the basis for possible forfeiture. The Justice Department agreed that the Court should address this issue because of a division among lower courts on it; the case is Kaley v. U.S. (12-464). Lyle Denniston, Court grants three cases, SCOTUSblog, 18 Mar. 2013.

DamianTV
03-20-2013, 01:46 PM
Drugs is all it takes to garner Warrantless Surveillance. How convenient for the Cops to not have to provide a shred of proof.