Judge Napolitano On IRS E-Mail Snooping Without Warrants: Stay Out Of Our Stuff!

Napolitano and Shep Smith Take On IRS E-Mail Snooping Without Warrants: 'Stay Out Of Our Stuff!'


4/11/13 - With Tax Day less than a week away, Fox News reported this afternoon on the American Civil Liberties Union obtaining IRS documents via the Freedom of Information Act that show the federal tax collection agency routinely searches Americans' emails, possibly in violation of the Fourth Amendment's prohibition on unreasonable search and seizures.

Reporter Jonathan Hunt noted to host Shepard Smith that the controversy over the Internal Revenue Service's practices largely stems from the fact that the agency uses an "administrative summons" to decide to search an email without a search warrant or any form of court order.

Fox judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano clarified the controversy to a "confused" Smith, explaining that the IRS intends to use this surveillance technique only for investigating criminal fraud, which makes up "a very, very, very tiny percentage of taxpayers." However, he noted, many of the e-mails read and collected will never make it to a court case; and the ones that do would likely be questioned by a judge who wondered how the evidence was obtained without any form of court order or warrant permitting a search of private e-email exchanges.

"How is that consistent with the Fourth Amendment?" the judge hypothetically asked. "You didn't come to me and ask for a search warrant — you just took it."

Smith then lamented that there are "so many more instances of elements of the government or authority figures in this country getting into our stuff."

"Stay out of our stuff," he said to an agreeing Napolitano.

"What the ACLU — in my view, quite properly — wants to know [from the IRS] is: Are you following your own regulations which tell you how to get around the Fourth Amendment or are you following the Fourth Amendment?" the judge said. "They have not yet answered that question."

"What happens next: Anybody they suspect of cheating, they just drone them," Smith joked to end the segment.

Shooter Jennings ~ Alex Jones Show - Commercial Free Podcast: Thursday (4-11-13)

Alex Jones Show - Commercial Free Podcast: Thursday (4-11-13) Shooter Jennings

On the Thursday, April 11 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex covers the latest on the stand-off with North Korea as a Chinese professor predicts all-out war and the U.S. and North Korea engage in a dangerous game of military brinkmanship. Alex also breaks down the latest on the Democrat orchestrated march in Congress to destroy the Second Amendment and impose gun registration and ultimately confiscation on the American people. On today's worldwide broadcast, Alex talks with country and Southern-rock singer-songwriter Shooter Jennings. His latest album is The Other Life.

How Bitcoin Will End the Nation State - Jeffrey Tucker

As the European banking and currency crisis unfolds, the emerging digital currency has rapidly become a refuge for people fleeing from the euro and seeking to protect their savings and assets from confiscation.

In Cyprus, where thousands of businessmen have seen nearly all of their operating capital siphoned from their accounts, Bitcoin ATMs have suddenly appeared. Investors and businessmen in Spain and other countries that may soon fall prey to the "Cyprus Model" are likewise fleeing to the bitcoin.

Some analysts believe that Bitcoin, which allows for unmediated fund transfers between individuals, poses a potentially lethal threat to conventional banking. It is certainly exposing the weakness of the world's incumbent reserve currency, the US dollar.

As of April 2, it took 115 U.S. dollars to purchase a single Bitcoin. Is this a speculative bubble? After all, Bitcoin is a virtual currency without precedent in human history.

Does Bitcoin offer promise, or peril? We'll examine this issue with economic analyst Jeffrey Tucker. Mr. Tucker is the head of Lassiez-Faire Books. He is the author of "It's a Jetson's World: Private Miracles and Public Crimes" and "A Beautiful Anarchy: How to Create Your Own Civilization in the Digital Age."

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The Bitcoin Debate: Economics vs. Virtual Reality

What is bitcoin, and why is it suddenly the hottest thing in global currency markets?
April 11 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Sara Eisen and Economics Editor Michael McKee debate the intrinsic value of Bitcoin as the virtual currency has seen its value plunge due to increased interest. They speak on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop."

Elizabeth Warren ~ Banking Committee Hearing - Illegal Foreclosures

Senator Elizabeth Warren's opening statement and Q&A at the April 11, 2013 Senate Banking Committee, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Hearing. Panelists include: Mr. Daniel P. Stipano Deputy Chief Counsel Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Mr. Richard Ashton Deputy General Counsel Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve