Court Grants Feds Warrantless Access to Utility Records

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. "if this can be applied to any info requested by any agency in any investigation"

Yes.
Why not? Banks already report on transactions, not just transaction over a certain amount, but on ANY transactions which seem unusual, under a "know your customer" policy. Look it up on Google..banks and store merchants have been asked by the Feds to report any financial transaction they think may be "unusual".
If utility companies can rat you out, then what is to stop any other service you pay for to do the same.
All the authorities need is an excuse to ask for the information, and a friendly court to back them up.
Right now the War on Drugs and the War on Terror provide tons of excuses for surveillance and snooping.

Right now, thanks to drug laws, you can be arrested for a "suspicion" of a drug crime, your possessions and money seized and even if you are released and charges dropped, the police can and do keep what they seized.
So much for "unreasonable search and seizure", eh?