{"id":17226,"date":"2015-05-13T06:27:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T11:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=17226"},"modified":"2015-05-13T06:27:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T11:27:12","slug":"sputnik-federal-authorities-have-dropped-their-appeal-of-a-ruling-in-washington-state-against-a-police-department-that-nailed-a-webcam-to-a-utility-pole-to-spy-on-a-suspects-house-24-hours-a-day-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=17226","title":{"rendered":"Sputnik: Federal authorities have dropped their appeal of a ruling in Washington State against a police department that nailed a webcam to a utility pole to spy on a suspect’s house 24 hours a day, for weeks on end"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sputnik: Federal authorities have dropped their appeal of a ruling in Washington State against a police department that nailed a webcam to a utility pole to spy on a suspect’s house 24 hours a day, for weeks on end<\/a> [Remember, Washington state law is more expansive than the Fourth Amendment.]
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A lower court had ruled in December that the method by which the department tried to collect evidence against a suspected drug dealer in Kennewick was illegal. <\/p>\n

The Justice Department had appealed that decision, but withdrew that appeal on Tuesday, without commenting on why they had decided to drop the case. <\/p>\n

The camera posted across from the suspect’s house was connected remotely to an officer’s computer and recorded surveillance footage all day for six weeks. <\/p>\n

The government had previously contended that they didn’t need a warrant for the camera since it had the same perspective as a person on the street, out in the public, just the same as if an officer had been sitting there making observations. <\/p>\n

The judge in that case didn’t buy the government’s argument, citing the Fourth Amendment to insist that the officers needed a warrant in order to carry out surveillance on Leonel Vargas’ home.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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