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Old 07-24-2013, 03:23 PM   #35 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cujet View Post
I disagree.

First and foremost, buzz phrases like "no expectation of privacy" have no constitutional basis and are simply an end run around Constitutional freedoms

Second, a government dossier on each and every citizen, er, subject, is 100% unconstitutional. And a very, very similar tactic used by the nearly endless list of failed authoritarian governments.

Third, warantless tracking of individuals with onboard GPS has been ruled unconstitutional. Why would tracking individuals with other means be any different.

As Americans, we have every expectation of going where we want, when we want, and it's nobody's business where or why. So that famous statement above is stunningly flawed.
Disagree all you want, but you obviously don't live near the Mexican border. The border patrol agents here feel that they have every rite to that information, and if you inform them of your rites you get pulled over for a 45 minute cool down.

They have also installed facial recognition equipment on both sides of the freeway with IR and color cameras at the check points.
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