United States v. Buford

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS U N I T E D S T A T E S, ) Misc. Dkt. No. 2013-26 Appellant ) ) v. ) ) ORDER Senior Airman (E-4) ) AARON M. BUFORD, ) USAF, ) Appellee ) Panel No. 1 ORR, Senior Judge: The military judge in this case determined a Security Forces member was acting in an official capacity when, at the appellee’s spouse’s request, the Security Forces member viewed and collected evidence from the appellee’s Facebook account, e-mail account, and thumb drive. In doing so, she ruled the Government violated the appellee’s reasonable expectation of privacy under the…