... petitioner Mr. Katz was arrested for illegal gambling, he had been gambling over a public phone. The FBI attached an electronic recorder onto the outside of the public phone booth. The state courts claimed this to be legal because the recording device was on the outside of the phone and the FBI never entered the booth. The Supreme Court ruled in the favor of ... interposed between the citizen and the police. The FBI agents found out the days and times he would use the pay phone. So the FBI attached a tape recorder to the outside of the telephone booth. The FBI recorded him using the pho...

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... most calls made in the U.S." (Stray par.2). AT&T and Sprint confirmed that they gave the NSA the metadata of telephone calls. The metadata includes "telephone numbers of the phone making and receiving the call, and how long the call lasted" (Stray par.2). This is about several billion calls per day. The second is "Email, Facebook posts and ... whether or not the NSA violated the Americans' right. One side believes that the NSA's actions violate the Constitution because of two reasons. The first is that the NSA recorded phone calls without a warrant from a federal judge, and did not show...

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... NYPD) (New York Police File) Eventually, the Son of Sam was caught, and the psycho had a name?David. The press clamored to purchase the rights to his story. David Berkowitz's phone was, literally, ringing off the hook. If he could manage to survive the trial, he?d be a rich man. If he died, then his family would benefit. Reports circulated furiously that ... ...

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... the Internet."7 To keep these kinds of pictures off home computers, the government must control information on the Internet, just as it controls obscenity through the mail or on the phone. Legislative regulations must be made to control information on the Internet because the displaying or distribution of obscene material is illegal. The courts have generally held that obscenity is illegal ... ...

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... without consultation from the people on the very situations that are affecting them. One example is our current situation in today's society; the war on terrorism. I, personally, did not receive a phone call or letter in the mail from my "executive" to retain my input on the decision of going to war. The evidence that this can be done is found in ... ...

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