Dear hans ,
Thanks to the Patriot Act, law enforcement agents have had a lot of leeway in conducting searches and surveillance over the past thirteen years. The post-911 argument for this has always been that bending the rules around civil liberties is necessary in order to prevent terrorism.
But records show that one of the more controversial provisions in the Patriot Act––Section 213, also creepily known as "Sneak-and-Peek"––has been used far more broadly than this argument lets on.
With Sneak-and-Peek, law enforcement can conduct searches without informing the suspect right away. The Department of Justice has argued that this is necessary in order to avoid "tipping off terrorists." But in 2013, law enforcement agencies made 11,000 requests for sneak-and-peek searches, and only 51 were for terrorism cases.
The vast majority of sneak-and-peeks were used against suspects in narcotics cases.
As critics warned, Sneak-and-Peek has gone from a relatively rare occurrence to a run-of-the-mill practice, normalizing a serious violation of civil liberties.
Join us in calling on the Department of Justice to reign in this runaway provision and restore the rights of every American to be duly informed when law enforcement obtains a search warrant against them.
Click here to sign -- it just takes a second.
Thanks,
-- The folks at Watchdog.net
P.S. If the other links aren't working for you, please go here to sign: http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/4886?n=80980370._kM5Xt
Thanks to the Patriot Act, law enforcement agents have had a lot of leeway in conducting searches and surveillance over the past thirteen years. The post-911 argument for this has always been that bending the rules around civil liberties is necessary in order to prevent terrorism.
But records show that one of the more controversial provisions in the Patriot Act––Section 213, also creepily known as "Sneak-and-Peek"––has been used far more broadly than this argument lets on.
With Sneak-and-Peek, law enforcement can conduct searches without informing the suspect right away. The Department of Justice has argued that this is necessary in order to avoid "tipping off terrorists." But in 2013, law enforcement agencies made 11,000 requests for sneak-and-peek searches, and only 51 were for terrorism cases.
The vast majority of sneak-and-peeks were used against suspects in narcotics cases.
As critics warned, Sneak-and-Peek has gone from a relatively rare occurrence to a run-of-the-mill practice, normalizing a serious violation of civil liberties.
Join us in calling on the Department of Justice to reign in this runaway provision and restore the rights of every American to be duly informed when law enforcement obtains a search warrant against them.
PETITION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: Issue a memorandum curtailing law enforcement's use of Section 213 of the Patriot Act.
Click here to sign -- it just takes a second.
Thanks,
-- The folks at Watchdog.net
P.S. If the other links aren't working for you, please go here to sign: http://act.watchdog.net/petitions/4886?n=80980370._kM5Xt
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Thanks to the Patriot Act, law enforcement agents have had a lot of leeway in conducting searches and surveillance over the past thirteen years. The post-911 argument for this has always been that bending the rules around civil liberties is necessary in order to prevent terrorism.
But records show that one of the more controversial provisions in the Patriot Act––Section 213, also creepily known as "Sneak-and-Peek"––has been used far more broadly than this argument lets on.
With Sneak-and-Peek, law enforcement can conduct searches without informing the suspect right away. The Department of Justice has argued that this is necessary in order to avoid "tipping off terrorists." But in 2013, law enforcement agencies made 11,000 requests for sneak-and-peek searches, and only 51 were for terrorism cases.
The vast majority of sneak-and-peeks were used against suspects in narcotics cases.
As critics warned, Sneak-and-Peek has gone from a relatively rare occurrence to a run-of-the-mill practice, normalizing a serious violation of civil liberties.
Join us in calling on the Department of Justice to reign in this runaway provision and restore the rights of every American to be duly informed when law enforcement obtains a search warrant against them.
PETITION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: Issue a memorandum curtailing law enforcement's use of Section 213 of the Patriot Act.
Please, click here to sign now!