Warrantless searches -- A sign of things to come?

A Page 1 story in The Washington Post Sunday (94.04.17) reads,
"Clinton Lets Police Raid Projects," "Warrantless Searches Said to Be
Needed For Tenants Safety."
 
For those who haven't been following this ludicrous story, the USG has
now decided that Chicago Housing Authority-sponsored, and warrantless,
searches of dwellings within the CHA, is "A Good Thing" (tm) and
specifically geared towards uncovering weapons of criminals (or
would-be criminals) for the safety of law-abiding Housing tenants.
 
Personally, I find this mentality alarming and indicative of a growing
trend within the government. "Big Brother knows best."
 
Vile and Nauseating.
 
This is another absurdity in the "War on Drugs" and "War on Crime."
More government-sponsored "wars" are undoubtedly on the horizon,
perhaps even a war on non-escrowed crypto.
 
I suppose things will get worse before they get better.
 
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Paul Ferguson                         
US Sprint 
Enterprise Internet Engineering                    tel: 703.904.2437 
Herndon, Virginia  USA                        internet: paul@hawk.sprintmrn.com

[Paul Ferguson] has written:
|  
| A Page 1 story in The Washington Post Sunday (94.04.17) reads,
| "Clinton Lets Police Raid Projects," "Warrantless Searches Said to Be
| Needed For Tenants Safety."
|  
| For those who haven't been following this ludicrous story, the USG has
| now decided that Chicago Housing Authority-sponsored, and warrantless,
| searches of dwellings within the CHA, is "A Good Thing" (tm) and
| specifically geared towards uncovering weapons of criminals (or
| would-be criminals) for the safety of law-abiding Housing tenants.
|  
| Personally, I find this mentality alarming and indicative of a growing
| trend within the government. "Big Brother knows best."
|  
| Vile and Nauseating.
|  
| This is another absurdity in the "War on Drugs" and "War on Crime."
| More government-sponsored "wars" are undoubtedly on the horizon,
| perhaps even a war on non-escrowed crypto.
|  
| I suppose things will get worse before they get better.
|  
| _______________________________________________________________________________
| Paul Ferguson                         
| US Sprint 
| Enterprise Internet Engineering                    tel: 703.904.2437 
| Herndon, Virginia  USA                        internet: paul@hawk.sprintmrn.com
| 

Personally, I find the idea of government-owned housing alarming and 
indicative of a growing trend within the government. "Big Brother knows 
best."

Vile and Nauseating.

geez!!	!
	Here I am, working on my "Big Brother is Watching You in
Cyberspace" piece- and I read this now about warantless searchs!! I'll tell
you- I think we've got to keep an eye on the government. I love how they go
ahead and supercede the rights of the lower classes- if warrantless
searches were being conducted in Beverly Hills or some other mainly
upper-middle class city- the public outcry would be enormous!
	People sometimes think I am being "paranoid" when I suggest the
government may want to watch the activities of certain people in our
country via electronic means- however, if the activities of people happen
to go against the current government's ideology, it seems to me more than
possible that they may be watched. This warrantless search thing seems ot
me just one more example that the governemnt can and will do what it
wishes. Um- did I miss soemthing here, or have they also superseded our
right to keep and bear arms? Hmm... gettin a little scary out there.
Ciao,

   Julie

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Julie M. Albright      "Passions elevate the soul to great things"
Ph.D Student
Department of Sociology
University of Southern California
albright@usc.edu