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Feds Have Access To Cellphone Tracking On Request
Mike writes "According to a Washington Post article, federal officials are routinely asking and getting courts to order cellphone companies to furnish real-time tracking data on subscribers. The data is used to pinpoint the whereabouts of 'criminal suspects', according to judges and industry lawyers. In some cases, judges have granted the requests without even requiring the government to demonstrate probable cause that a crime is taking place or that the inquiry will yield evidence of a crime 'Privacy advocates fear such a practice may expose average Americans to a new level of government scrutiny of their daily lives. Such requests run counter to the Justice Department's internal recommendation that federal prosecutors seek warrants based on probable cause to obtain precise location data in private areas. The requests and orders are sealed at the government's request, so it is difficult to know how often the orders are issued or denied.'"
I stuffed my big fat American mouth last night with big fat American turkey and big fat American potatoes with a couple of big ladles of fatty American gravy. And then pounded a couple of big fat American mouthfuls of sweet potato pie down there for good measure.
this morning I took a big fat American shit the size of a big fat American toddler
I'm getting ready to go out in a couple of hours to have a big fat American steak and some big goblets of American beer
Q: what does cellphone tracking matter to me?
A: not one big fat American thing.
life is good. I have nothing to hide, and I, for one, am glad to see our law enforcement doing everything they can to keep our American lifestyle safe and secure from terrorism. Don't like it? leave.