Court Allows Police To Secretly Put GPS Trackers On Cars

[Dinger]

One reason I don't like the OnStar shit.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/08/27/oregon.gps.surveillance/index.html?hpt=T1

CNN) -- Law enforcement officers may secretly place a GPS device on a person's car without seeking a warrant from a judge, according to a recent federal appeals court ruling in California.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents in Oregon in 2007 surreptitiously attached a GPS to the silver Jeep owned by Juan Pineda-Moreno, whom they suspected of growing marijuana, according to court papers.

But he appealed on the grounds that sneaking onto a person's driveway and secretly tracking their car violates a person's reasonable expectation of privacy.
"They went onto the property several times in the middle of the night without his knowledge and without his permission," said his lawyer, Harrison Latto.....

[Angry Dragon]

1. A warrant should be needed

OHHHH, I forgot why should that be needed, they wiretap without warrants ......... nice country we live in

The terrorists have won, we are destroying ourselves and they can sit back and watch

[Dinger]

2. You'd Think So, Wouldn't You

WTF is next???

[Javaman]

7. Security ankle bracelets for us all. nt

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

11. Nah, chipping us will be easier.

[Javaman]

12. True, but with the bracelets they can appeal to the vanity in us all!

:rofl:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

14. hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

:applause:

[KansDem]

4. Yeah, didn't you know? They only wire-tap people who are hiding something.

If you've done nothing wrong, then you've nothing to fear.

I'm sure the same holds true for these GPS devices...

[dixiegrrrrl]

9. "The terrorists have won,"

Yep, you are right, our government certainly has won.
Another right to privacy taken away in the name of War on Drugs. War on Terror.

[sharp_stick]

3. If they can't get a warrant

they shouldn't be doing this. Warrants aren't hard to come by, especially in drug cases. You have to be one lazy SOB of an investigator to not bother with one.

[Webster Green]

5. Fucking pigs can do anything they want these days.

This country sucks ass. It's a fascist shithole.

[ixion]

6. And the Rule of Law continues to suffer under Obama

so much for 'change' :puke:

[BlueIris]

8. The police state exists to perpetuate itself.

I laugh whenever anyone thinks they have any real privacy anymore.

[seafan]

10. And, in related news....

Forbes: Full-Body Scan Technology Deployed In Street-Roving Vans, August 24, 2010


Thanks for posting this report, Dinger:

Court allows agents to secretly put GPS trackers on cars, August 27, 2010



Carry on, citizen.

[Lance_Boyle]

13. The 9th says OK to this

The district court for DC has already said no.

Wonder what the Supremes will say? If history is any indicator, it will say, "9th Circuit, you suck - decision reversed."