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Originally Posted by maddog42

https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...=.deb72f161f74

A search warrant will not be issued unless evidence of a crime has been committed.

Nope.

Police officers obtain search warrants by convincing a neutral and detached magistrate that they have "probable cause" to believe that criminal activity is occurring at the place to be searched or that evidence of a crime may be found there. Usually, the police provide the judge or magistrate with information in the form of written statements under oath, called "affidavits," which report either their own observations, or those of private citizens or police informants. If the magistrate believes that the affidavit establishes probable cause to conduct a search, he or she will issue a warrant.