1455. Submitted on 2006/5/27, 10.27 h by :
De nieuwe baas van de CIA
De CIA krijgt een fijne baas (generaal Michael "Nee, Geen Tegenspraak" Hayden) die zo zijn eigen interpretatie van de amerikaanse grondwet heeft.
Baas van de CIA, Moi? *bloost*
INTERVIEWER: I'd like to stay on the same issue, and that had to do with the standard by which you use to target your wiretaps. I'm no lawyer, but my understanding is that the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution specifies that you must have probable cause to be able to do a search that does not violate an American's right against unlawful searches and seizures. Do you use...
GEN. HAYDEN: No, actually the Fourth Amendment actually protects all of us against unreasonable search and seizure.
INTERVIEWER: But the...
HAYDEN: That's what it says.
INTERVIEWER: But the measure is probable cause, I believe.
HAYDEN: The amendment says unreasonable search and seizure.
INTERVIEWER: But does it not say probable...
HAYDEN: No. The amendment says...
INTERVIEWER: The court standard, the legal standard...
HAYDEN: ... unreasonable search and seizure.... En verder wil ik dat je je bek houdt... En weg gaat...
Het vierde amendement bevatwel degelijk de tekst "probable cause". Hoe zit dat met de nederlandse grondwet?
1. Choco commented on 2006/5/27, 13.48 h:
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