The article doesn't appear to be for the general public...it appears to be an instruction to the police, from a San Diego District Attorney, on the use of FLIR in light of Kyllo, which as she points out, has yet to be tested. Particular attention is paid to the inadvertent use of FLIR with regards to grow operations. The DA is instructing police on the procedures they should follow to decrease the likelihood that evidence subsequently collected would be excluded. And she appears to be offering her proffesional, not personal, opinion.