The Fourth Amendment Yields To Technology

The Fourth Amendment Yields To Technology Oregon resident David Kyllo and his wife were suspected of growing and distributing marijuana. US agent William Elliot became skeptical of Kyllo while investigating his original target. Kyllo's unusually high electrical bill stirred the law enforcer's suspicion. On January 16, 1992 sergeant Daniel Haas (National Guard) discovered an immense amount of heat emitted from Kyllo's high intensity growing lamps. Through the use of an Agema 210 thermal imager Haas was able to …

…private. (New York Times 2/21/01) Conclusively, if a person's heat is not private, no warrant is necessary to indicate heat. Kyllo was convicted of growing marijuana with high intensity lamps. (Chicago Sun-Times, 3/7/01) The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the warrant-less use of thermal imagers. (Chicago Sun-Times, 3/7/01) During this era of technology walls no longer secure our privacy. The government will attempt to uphold privacy, until it deprives law enforcers of doing their job. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**