Prison Hack Shows Attorney-Client Privilege Violation (theintercept.com)

Advocatus Diaboli writes with this excerpt from The Intercept: An enormous cache of phone records obtained by The Intercept reveals a major breach of security at Securus Technologies, a leading provider of phone services inside the nation's prisons and jails. The materials — leaked via SecureDrop by an anonymous hacker who believes that Securus is violating the constitutional rights of inmates — comprise over 70 million records of phone calls, placed by prisoners to at least 37 states, in addition to links to downloadable recordings of the calls. The calls span a nearly two-and-a-half year period, beginning in December 2011 and ending in the spring of 2014."

"Particularly notable within the vast trove of phone records are what appear to be at least 14,000 recorded conversations between inmates and attorneys, a strong indication that at least some of the recordings are likely confidential and privileged legal communications — calls that never should have been recorded in the first place. The recording of legally protected attorney-client communications — and the storage of those recordings — potentially offends constitutional protections, including the right to effective assistance of counsel and of access to the courts.

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Re:In line with current US thinking

[Zak3056]

"Constitutional rights? Bah! Who needs 'em!" seems to be the watchword of the new millenium.

//unless they're gun rights, of course. The gun nuts get everything they want.

The SJW crowd are doing their level best to destroy the FIRST amendment (with the enthusiastic support of the "liberal" types who should be the ones on the front lines OPPOSING this bullshit) and you big beef is with people trying to defend the SECOND? In a thread about a systemic breach of attorney client privilege by government contractors (which, no sir, has never, ever, not possibly could ever lead to parallel construction, no sir)?