This can't possibly lead to be an abuse of power

CNN: Court allows agents to secretly put GPS trackers on cars

Juan Pineda-Moreno was recently convicted of conspiracy to grow marijuana.

But he appealed on the grounds that sneaking onto a person's driveway and secretly tracking their car violates a person's reasonable expectation of privacy.

Gee.... do ya' think?

Well, think again:

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the appeal twice -- in January of this year by a three-judge panel, and then again by the full court earlier this month.

I can't even fathom the flaming rhetorical hula hoops one would have to sashay through in order to allow this sort of surveillance.

Thankfully, there's a Reagan/Bush I appointee present to walk me through it:

"You left place A, at this time, you went to place B, you took this street -- that information can be gleaned in a variety of ways," said David Rivkin, a former Justice Department attorney. "It can be old surveillance, by tailing you unbeknownst to you; it could be a GPS."

He says that a person cannot automatically expect privacy just because something is on private property.

"You have to take measures -- to build a fence, to put the car in the garage" or post a no-trespassing sign, he said. "If you don't do that, you're not going to get the privacy."

Sometimes, I don't get my country at all. I mean, last I checked we were feverously guarding the sanctity of private property from the evils of government. Oh, that's right, we were guarding our property. Who cares about that guy, lolsob.