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In reply to the discussion: If possible, would you support a brain scan warrant? [View all]tblue37
(65,340 posts)scans, even in relatively free, secular, humanistic states, it is a constant struggle to protect individual freedom against state encroachment. Can you imagine a Cheney, a Trump, a Giuliani, an Arpaio, a Rumsfeld, with the power (and cooperative judges and courts, like those who already rubber stamp warrants for unreasonable searches) with the power to rummage around inside the brain of a person opposing their policies? Not only could they abuse that person's rights, but they could also find out who else he knows in a resistance movement, like Occupy.
Think of the preemptive raids already conducted against peaceful protest groups. Think of the way the PATRIOT Act is used to charge innocent people with supporting terrorists.
No, I would not approve of such a violation!