Portland officials say they can search garbage without a warrant, so....

[ergophobe]

So the staff at the Willamette Week went out searched the officials garbage.

http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-1616-rubbish.html-2

It's worth emphasizing that our junkaeological dig unearthed no whiff of scandal. Based on their throwaways, the chief, the DA and the mayor are squeaky-clean, poop-scooping folks whose private lives are beyond reproach. They emerge from this escapade smelling like--well, coffee grounds.

But boy, did the mayor and police chief dislike it when the tables were turned.

The DA, by contrast, merely found the whole thing amusing.

[Brad]

>tables

Yeah. The police always say that about CCTV, "If you are doing nothing wrong you should not mind being filmed." But if you try filming the cops on a public street you're a terrorist.