Homeland Security has been claiming that it has the authority to inspect private safety deposit boxes without warrants.
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Is there a link?
Fixed. Sorry.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
I just made you a terrorist Robert… If that’s not enough…
When in the course of human events…
The founding fathers knew the historical democracy lasted about 200 years.
They were very smart men…enough said.
Yes, we have no bananas – but apparently, we’re livng in a Banana Republic now. Unbelievable – and this was never announced publicly – TG Investment Watch discovered the letters to the banks or we might not even know about this. How is it they claim the authority to inspect, photograph, or even SEIZE your property – and they’re not even required to inform you? Seems the DHS has been transformed from an agency designed to protect us into one used to spy on anyone who holds certain views that don’t “conform”. Can anyone make the case this regime is not tyrannical ??
We should all be aware that it is very unclear whether the DHS has actually been able to do any of these warrantless searches. Because any evidence obtained during these searches would be useless in court, as any good lawyer could easily get it thrown out, I suspect the DHS has probably decided not to do these searches. They are only claiming they have the right.
Moreover, even if the DHS had wanted to do such a search, I doubt that any bank has cooperated with them. If they did, the bank would be exposing itself to a great deal of liability should anything end up missing from a safe deposit box.
The real point of this story is to note the increasing willingness of government officials to ignore the Constitution and the rights of American citizens. If these fascist attitudes are not stamped out soon, they can only lead to one result: The government will decide that it has the right to use force to get what it wants, and will do so, making the refusal of both the courts or banks to cooperate totally irrelevant.
And as succeeding generations are taught in school that our Constitution is a pliable “living, breathing document”, they will never know what they don’t know about its original intent. I believe that is their intent.
Good point, Bob – maybe I sounded a bit too alarmist, but it really frightens me that our Gov’t would even THINK of doing such things. You may be right that none of this has happened – yet. But I have this very uneasy feeling that they wouldn’t hesitate to use such power if they thought they could get away with it. Jwing, you also may be on to something here – no one could get away with telling us they wanted to throw out the Constitution, but by enacting small steps, one at a time, they could ultimately achieve that goal. It’s the old frog in boiling water vs. very slowly turning up the heat so the frog doesn’t realize what’s happening to it…
Are we sure there isn’t some new law attached to this that stops the banks from informing the box holders?
Or from even stating things like this publicly?
Corporations with strong federal ties tend to do exactly what the feds tell them to do. Otherwise they could be targeted for other troubles and problems. Let along charged with something against the law.