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# Not the firefighters, too
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/not-the-firefighters-too-editor/
- Published: 2007-12-03T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T04:12:19.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

The Bush Administration and Homeland Department couldn’t convince Americans that using cable employees to spy in our homes was OK so now the White House is using firefighters to act as Big Brother, to spy and inform on Americans, with pilot programs in cities throughout the country. The reasoning behind the latest move is that unlike police officers, firefighters can enter hundreds of thousands of homes legally and with no warrant. Since when have Americans become the terrorists and let’s hope that firefighters don’t harbor any prejudices.

Doesn’t the 4th Amendment prohibit the illegal and unlawful and unwarranted searchers of residences?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 3, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/120307.pdf?ref=smdp.com)