2001-06-12 13:45:08+00 by Dan Lyke 2 comments
"Where, as here, the government uses a device that is not in general public use to explore details of the home that would previously have been unknowable without physical intrusion, the surveillance is a 'search' and is presumptively unreasonable without a warrant," Scalia wrote.
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#Comment made: 2002-02-21 05:31:48+00 by: Larry Burton
Scalia wrote that? I agree with him but, sheesh, you think you know someone.
#Comment made: 2002-02-21 05:31:49+00 by: meuon
Hmm... Is growing pot inside a house a crime to warrant such measures? I think if they are using high gain heat detectors to measure bodies inside a house before the SWAT team enters in a hostage situation, this is a possibly effective use of technology. "Suspicious Pattern of Hot Spots" OK, maybe they saw "grow lights", I'm thinking that the outside wall/windows of the building need some heat tape applied that spells out something appropriate.
I am fearful of the things that I consider normal to my life that would be 'suspicious patterns' to anyone looking hard enough.
Bottom line: Search Warrant should be required.