All of Neamanson's hyperbole ony serves to demonstrate why I need to spend so much time writing that affidavit, and collecting the evidence beforehand. Mere probable cause will get me the warrant, but I'd be stupid to go for mere probable cause. I'm not going to bet my job on mere probable cause. I better amass a mountain of evidence before I act.

Mousethief is absolutely right about innocent people getting convicted in this country. That could very easily include an FBI agent who secures a search warrant for Moussaoui's apartment and computer, and then finds himself in court for violating Moussaoui's civil rights. Indeed, all they would have found was a little information about crop dusting and aviation. (plausible lie ahead) Of course the only slightly illegal immigrant was merely trying to learn things to help the oppressed people in his native land. As a defendant in a civil rights trial, how do think that FBI agent would fare with Mousethief, Naemanson, Inobu, Peace Matriot and Don Firth on the jury?