Comment by _osud
4 days ago
>This isn't a point against EU services compared to the US
In the US the cops actually need a search warrant signed by a judge. In the EU they only sometimes need one.
>Should we be moving to Singaporean services? Oh shit, similar concerns there
Really? I've always been under the impression that it is courts who issue search warrants in Singapore, not the police or prosecutors.
Does ICE needs something?
Internal combustion engine? Hydrocarbons, I guess.
A judge of a secret court, which are known to never deny any request?
This is simply not correct. Very few "cops" in the US can go to any kind of secret courts.
Also, what you're describing is still infinitely better than the European system! The cops get to issue the warrants themselves.
With any number of intelligence services in the USA I would not really be calmed by the prospect that an ordinary cop cannot do that.
What you are claiming about European cops is also not uniformly true. A German police officer cannot "just" self-issue a search warrant.
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