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...didn't take long before an aggressive idea emerged from the circle of Administration hawks. Liberalize the rules for domestic spying, they urged. Free the National Security Agency (NSA) to use its powerful listening technology to eavesdrop on terrorist suspects on U.S. soil without having to seek a warrant for every phone number it tracked. But because of a 1978 law that forbids the NSA to conduct no-warrant surveillance inside the U.S., the new policy would require one of two steps. The first was to revise the law. The other was to ignore...
...individual in the Dunster House Dining Hall informed police that he or she was receiving harassing phone calls. A Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) officer tracked the suspect down and found an outstanding warrant in his name. Police then arrested Gary Dare, 21, of Mattapan, Mass. 4:42 p.m.—An officer reported to the Biology Research building on 16 Divinity Ave. because two individuals reported that they had been hit by a snowball. Police arrived but neither the two complainants—nor the hit-and-run snowball-thrower—were found...
...Fourth Amendment to the Constitution—“the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,” legally taken to include electronic communication, “shall not be violated, and no warrant shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation,” by the courts, “and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized”—the President claimed his actions were “fully...
...disproportionately few men in some other discipline—English, for example. Yet, we hardly ever hear about them; in fact, we rarely hear anything about masculine gender roles, though it appears that these are often even more rigid. Female doctors are now completely commonplace, but male nurses still warrant notice. Suggest that a woman ought to cook dinner because of some inherent ability, and you may end up eating a lonely meal of take-out, but what man would take offense at the assumption that he ought to be the one to mow the lawn and fix the plumbing...
...outstanding warrant found on Copage’s record, according to Catalano, was a default warrant, which is issued when an individual fails to show up for a court date...