[IP] freedom & privacy -- being nibbled to death!

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Jim Warren <jwarren@well.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:37:33 -0800
To: "<Dave Farber:;>"
Subject: freedom & privacy -- being nibbled to death!

So much for the quaint concept of "presumption of innocence"!  --jim

>http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4752616,00.html
>
>WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court gave police broader search
>powers Monday during traffic stops, ruling that drug-sniffing dogs
>can be used to check out motorists even if officers have no reason
>to suspect they may be carrying narcotics.
>
>In a 6-2 decision, the court sided with Illinois police who stopped
>Roy Caballes in 1998 along Interstate 80 for driving 6 miles over
>the speed limit. Although Caballes lawfully produced his driver's
>license, troopers brought over a drug dog after Caballes seemed
>nervous.


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