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- From: kaygee@hardy.u.washington.edu (Kevin Giansante)
- Newsgroups: rec.boats
- Subject: Re: Coast Guard Boating Tax, NOT!
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.004155.21747@u.washington.edu>
- Date: 25 Dec 92 00:41:55 GMT
- Article-I.D.: u.1992Dec25.004155.21747
- References: <1992Dec18.021744.2711@tfs.com> <1907@niktow.canisius.edu> <CARL.92Dec24152359@atlantis.Cayman.COM>
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- carl@Cayman.COM (Carl Heinzl),In-reply-to: pavlov@niktow.canisius.edu's
- message of 21 Dec 92 09:24:17 GMT, says:
-
-
- >Except that the border patrol can only check you out when you're
- >crossing the border not when you're just approaching it.
-
- >So, unless you leave US Coastal Waters, they (the Coast Guard) should
- >not be able to board you unless they have reasonable probable cause
- >(e.g. they see you picking up packages that have been dropped from an
- >airplance) that you have drugs/whatever aboard.
-
- >-Carl-
-
- and I say:
-
- Not true, Carl. The Border Patrol can go just about anywhere they wish
- at any time, and they can even operate outside of the normal legal
- constraints that we expect from our police agencies. They have more
- enforcement power than any other agency, except maybe the Secret
- Service.
-
- I agree that "probable cause" should be used as a guideline, but
- probable cause is not restricted to seeing people picking up
- packages out of the water. Sometimes just being seen somewhere
- SEEMS to constitute probable cause. It's a judgment call.
-