We Don’t Need No Stinking Warrant: The Disturbing, Unchecked Rise of the Administrative Subpoena

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When Golden Valley Electric Association of rural Alaska got an administrative subpoena from the Drug Enforcement Administration in December 2010 seeking electricity bill information on three customers, the company did what it usually does with subpoenas — it ignored them.

That’s the association’s customer privacy policy, because administrative subpoenas aren’t approved by a judge.

But by law, utilities must hand over customer records — which include any billing and payment information, phone numbers and power consumption data — to the DEA without court warrants if drug agents believe the data is “relevant” to an investigation. So the utility eventually complied, after losing a legal fight earlier this month.

Meet the administrative subpoena...




http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/administrative-subpoenas

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1. NWO

[Dawson Leery]

2. Eliminating the DEA is one way to cut the deficit.

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3. Every little bit helps.

Fewer troops needed in Afghanistan too. Don't need to burn any poppy fields.

[appal_jack]

4. k&r for liberty. This is Un-American. n/t

[MagickMuffin]

5. Thanks Newt your "Contract on America" is paying off

Less government intrusion in our lives! Oh wait. That was actually less government intrusion in Corporation's lives. I always forget Corporation's are people