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Re: “Don’t water down e-mail privacy bill,” Sept. 30 editorial.
In your editorial regarding e-mail privacy, you noted, “An official from the Federal Trade Commission said the agency is ‘concerned that recent proposals could impede’ the ability to obtain ‘certain information” from Internet companies.’ ” Since when does obtaining a warrant constitute an obstacle to obtaining confidential information? Warrants actually facilitate such discovery.
The concept of privacy has lost all meaning in our country. Years ago, law enforcement agencies honored constitutional guarantees of privacy by obtaining warrants. Today, the same agencies consider warrants as impediments. Obtaining a warrant is an impediment only if you view all U.S. citizens as suspects and engage in dragnet surveillance. Who among us wants to live in that kind of country?
Jim O’Leary, Columbine Valley
This letter was published in the Oct. 6 edition.
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