Annals of the Erosion of Privacy (cont’d.): ACLU Action Alert: Secret Evidence. “This week, the House may vote on a bill, which has

already passed the Senate, to drastically expand

government power to seize personal information

without judicial approval.

The bill, H.R. 3048, would allow law enforcement to

obtain any kind of document it wants, without first

getting a search warrant or a subpoena from a court.

These documents include any written or electronic

document possessed by an individual or, more

frighteningly, any document held by a third party (such

as bank records, credit card records, telephone

records, school records or an Internet Service

Provider’s customer records). The bill would gut the

Fourth Amendment requirement that private documents

should be searched only after a court issues a warrant

based upon probable cause.” If you agree with ACLU’s efforts to oppose this bill, two clicks will send a fax to your Congressional representative saying so.