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by a_a_r_o_n 5220 days ago
And it's the President's decision to allow or encourage his Justice Department to pursue the idea that email left on a server after six months is considered abandoned and therefore free game for the government to warrantlessly peruse. Like, you know, that 7G of email you have on gmail. Not his law, but he's using it, and certainly not trying to turn it back.

I wonder how many of his campaign supporters feel betrayed, and how many just give him a pass like Apple gets for Foxconn.

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Do you have a link for this? I have not heard of this provision before.
Justice Dept. to Congress: Don’t Saddle 4th Amendment on Us

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/04/fourth-amendment-em...