And whats a bit of both . So hang on for a wild ride. For in nature, and in the world of animals, the truth is always stranger than fiction. Just ask the kangaroo that lives in the tree or the dog with webbed feet or the bird that can look an elephant in the eye or the frog that looks like a tomato or any other astonishing animal you might meet. Lets start with a startli statement. Thats both so false and so true. Confused . Consider this. The river or nile hippopotamus, which is the great behemoth pachyderm most of us are familiar with, as well as the much smaller and much rarer pygmy hippopotamus, dont have true sweat glands. A thick red substance from their pores called, yes, blood sweat. Okay, its not blood, and its not sweat. But it does make the pygmy hippo shine. It even creates a foam behind the animals ears. Despite being thickskinned, hippos have very sensitive skin that needs to be k kt wet most of the day, which is why, more often than not, if you happen upon a hippo in the
The foreign intelligence context, could we be running up against constitutional problems . Yes, absolutely. There are many constitutional issues implicated here. There is obtaining content of peoples communications, which is obviously going to raise Fourth Amendment questions. There is the reasonableness requirement and how that would apply in a National Security setting. And there are not only the rights of u. S. Persons communicating with other u. S. Persons, which has been the primary focus in the statue so far, but there are also constitutional issues raised when a u. S. Person is communicating with a nonus person. Half of that medication is constitutionally protected, of that communication is constitutionally protected, but has not received that kind of attention at all. There are many issues at play. Thank you very much to all of the witnesses. Thanks to the witnesses on this panel and to all of the witnesses on the board that made this possible. You can see the comments related
Destroyed yet. Further response . We can only control, judge, at this point, whats in the current custody and control of the commonwealth. Right. As far as information that would be contained within the specific Service Providers of these cell phone carriers, well, thats different. We have no control over that, judge. We would suggest that as far as the preservation goes, whether it be to the individuals directly or to the providers, that it be limited at this point to the 7th and the 8th, until more information can be provided as to why it might likely be exculpatory versus a fishing expeck digs. Expedition. Right. I havent seen the police reports, so i dont know what except for the affidavit, i dont know what information you base this request upon. I do think that the 7th and 8th certainly would be appropriate to time span to preserve the evidence, but i understand that even if the motion is allowed, it can be modified down the road. It can be tightened up. So im inclined to allow th