# How Probable does Cause have to be? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 29, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-probable-does-cause-have-to-be/337613 "2005-12-29T19:24:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Agnostic\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c4cdca/32.png) [@Agnostic\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agnostic_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-probable-does-cause-have-to-be/337613/21 "2005-12-30T20:02:13Z")
> [@Agnostic Pagan](#): > > I found this site regarding the FISA. This [site](http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/fisa/). :smack: AP Checks watch, better late than never. Need more coffee. :wally ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2005, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-probable-does-cause-have-to-be/337613/22 "2005-12-31T05:58:56Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > Note that it doesn’t provide a remedy against people acting under color of federal law. Right. But [Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=403&invol=388) does. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-probable-does-cause-have-to-be/337613/23 "2006-01-05T20:29:20Z")
> [@Gfactor](#): > > Right. But [Bivens v. Six Unknown Federal Narcotics Agents](http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=403&invol=388) does. So it does. To close discussion of the OP: Search warrants are like sex. Even when they’re bad, they’re good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-probable-does-cause-have-to-be/337613.md?page=1)