IRS: "We can read emails without a warrant"

The American Sheeple watch the Constitution being destroyed before their eyes . . . they baaaa and change the channel to Duck Dynasty where you don't have to think.

• An interesting observation, every so-called small government "Conservative" talking head trashes the ACLU.  But in story after story I see the ACLU taking on the government to protect the Bill of Rights.  The leaders of the GOP are invisible.
• As usual both Democrats and Republicans fully fund every agency that violates the Constitution.

Police State  -  The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has claimed that agents do not need warrants to read people's emails, text messages and other private electronic communications, according to internal agency documents.

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which obtained the documents  through a Freedom of Information Act request, released the information on Wednesday.

In a 2009 handbook, the IRS said the Fourth Amendment does not protect emails because Internet users "do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in such communications." A 2010 presentation by the IRS Office of General Counsel reiterated the policy reports The Hill.

Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986, government officials only need a subpoena, issued without a judge's approval, to read emails that have been opened or that are more than 180 days old.

Privacy groups such as the ACLU argue that the Fourth Amendment provides greater privacy protections than the ECPA, and that officials should need a warrant to access all emails and other private messages.

Traditionally, the courts have ruled that people have limited privacy rights over information they share with third parties. Some law enforcement groups have argued that this means they only need a subpoena to compel email providers, Internet service companies and others to turn over their customers' sensitive content.

But in 2010, a federal appeals court ruled that police violated a man's constitutional rights when they read his emails without a warrant.


FBI will be Allowed to Record your Internet Activity Without A Warrant!

The IRS has become a Mafia-style enforcer for the centralized Socialist Big Brother State.

The American Sheeple
As long as some liar hack politicians have that magic "D" or "R" after their names, the Sheeple will meekly allow themselves to be herded into the Big Brother Police State. 
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More bread and circuses please!