"The main problem with the Patriot Act is that it gives law enforcement power to do things that it hasn't been able to do before," Marsha Hoffman said on an episode of Penn & Tellers Bull Shit. Penn then implied that this is a sane and correct position.
Excuse me, wasn't that the whole point of passing the Patriot Act? It is perfectly reasonable for law enforcement to have the ability to tap cell phones, the sneak and peak provision is common sense. If law enforcement were to inform a terror suspect his house had been searched the suspect would get rid of anything incriminating and could alert fellow accomplices of the investigation. This is the dumbest argument I have heard and to Penn & Teller I call Bull Shit!
I do think there should be judicial oversight before law enforcement performs any type of search, such as sneak & peak home searches or tapping of cell phones.
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