Portuguese police believe several people may be involved in the abduction of Madeleine McCann after they have researched every local phone call made on the night the 4-year-old disappeared from her parent’s holiday apartment.
Officers say a number of people may have been involved in her disappearance and are looking at phone records to back up their suspicions. More than 1,000 people will be questioned about their phone calls on May 3. Investigators are looking for any abnormal patterns in the phone calls made after 9:30 p.m. that night
http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=31101&cat=11
Seems like an invasion of privacy to me. Do you think that it is OK to have your phone records looked at without a reasonable cause?
Don’t get me wrong, I hope it leads to the kidnappers, I just find it a little odd that a persons phone records are not private.
It seems a bit wrong that they are going through the phone records of random people, but supposedly they are suspects, plus there shouldn’t be anything to worry about if the people know they are not guilty… plus it’s the same as keeping phone tabs on people who they suspect might be doing illegal business, invasion of privacy, of course, but I’m not sure what can be done to prevent that, do on a story on that…
Looking for suspected kidnappers is a very good reason. The search is also relevance. All people around that place and at that time are suspect.
It sounds like the Portuguese police in this case are grasping for whatever they can get, legally or otherwise. This is probably because they are under heavy scrutiny and look like a bunch of idiots.
Aruban police did the same thing in the Natalee Holloway case. They had been monitoring the Internet activity of the three suspects and went so far as to arrest all three because one of them said in an Internet chat that Holloway was dead. Well, duh. Anyone with half a brain knows that she’s dead since she vanished over two years ago! How is saying that she’s dead at this point supposed to be evidence?
In acase like this one, any suspicious phone calls will be checked out, after all we are talking about a 4 yr. old, and all records should be checked, by all mean’s, let’s hope they find her!!
In this country, police can look at phone records generally but they cannot delve into specific calls without a warrant. For a warrant, they would need some other evidence linking the person to a crime.
I can share your sentiments to a degree. But I will say this much. I am an innocent person; I have not committed any crimes. If the police want to look at my phone records, I might be a little annoyed, but I am very willing. Also we have to have law. If a police force wants to do this to investigate serious crime, yes I will co-operate.
Cheesy, I am sure that we would all love to have Madeleine back alive and well!
I am sure that phone records are private, unless a court decides that a crime needs investigating. It is just the law we live by.
I would not mind at all if any legal body wanted ,for a reason,to check my phone or computer,my fingerprints or my DNA..I am clean all around so it don’t bother me one bit,if it helps for a proper good cause.