So the mailman now remembers every letter you've written, the policeman is able to trick your cell phone into telling you where you are and whom you're calling, the state security service is monitoring all of your electronic correspondence, and the IRS is able to _read_ any of your papers it wants as long as your account has been flagged -- no warrant or judicial action necessary.
Remind me where I live again? Because when I grew up, we were the free and open society and the other guys, the bad guys, were the ones in everybody's knickers. (Recommended movie: The Lives Of Others)
Of note here is that it was the Assistant State Attorney, not the cops, that had problems with being honest with the court. There's a guy who needs to be disbarred.
Perjury and obstruction of justice. The disbarring should at least follow a minimum sentence, it sure would be sad if the ASA lived in a 3 strikes jurisdiction.
Alternatively, throw out the warrant because it is the fruit of fraud, then charge the ASA with conspiracy to computer fraud and abuse (unauthorized access) with one count for each subscriber in the area, and refuse to admit the warrant as evidence because it's null and void.
Remind me where I live again? Because when I grew up, we were the free and open society and the other guys, the bad guys, were the ones in everybody's knickers. (Recommended movie: The Lives Of Others)
Of note here is that it was the Assistant State Attorney, not the cops, that had problems with being honest with the court. There's a guy who needs to be disbarred.