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Ted Poe: Warrants need to be particular and specific about the place to be searched and the items to be seized. No judge would…

On the recordJuly 24, 2013
Warrants need to be particular and specific about the place to be searched and the items to be seized. No judge would ever sign a general search warrant like the British did, allowing the police to search every house on the block, much less seize everybody's phone records, but this is what has happened under section 215 under the government. The government has gone too far in the name of security and the Fourth Amendment has been bruised. Rein in government invasion. No more dragnet operations. Get a specific warrant based on probable cause, or stay out of our lives. And that's just the way it is.
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Ted Poe
Republican · Texas
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Jul 24, 2013

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