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**infollafago** · 01-18-2007, 12:07 AM

Will you name one court case that has deemed it unconstitutional? I mean, surely several years into it, there would be at least one upheld case.

Its not unconstitutional so much as the data mining is simply illegal. The phone companies which participated in it are being sued, and so is the government. I mean sure, we could go after the conspiracy against rights, but 5,000 dollars per record, and a year in jail, seems a far greater deterrent.

In fact here is a link to the law US CODE--TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

01-18-2007, 12:07 AM	#4
infollafago Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 454 Senior Member	Will you name one court case that has deemed it unconstitutional? I mean, surely several years into it, there would be at least one upheld case. Its not unconstitutional so much as the data mining is simply illegal. The phone companies which participated in it are being sued, and so is the government. I mean sure, we could go after the conspiracy against rights, but 5,000 dollars per record, and a year in jail, seems a far greater deterrent. In fact here is a link to the law US CODE--TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
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