The fact that he was DHS is/was relevant.
Remember that your Constitutional protections do not have to be honored by the Gestapo Homeland Security Brown Shirts SS officers. Don't you want to know what these guys who can enter your home without telling you and without a warrant, remove things from your home, never tell you they were there, arrest you and hold you as long as they like and if and when they ever decide to take you to court can surprise you on the stand with the stuff they stole from your home are really like?
bcnu,
Mikem
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