FBI Responds To ACLU GPS Tracking Complaint

Nerdolicious writes "Ars Technica reports that the ACLU has received a response from the FBI after a formal legal complaint was filed to release documents related to warrantless GPS tracking data. But, as you can see from the two memos the ACLU posted to its website, they have unsurprisingly been redacted to uselessness, consisting almost entirely of large black blocks covering full pages."

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Re:This is wrong.

[BlueStrat]

Congress can actually conduct a public hearing on the matter in which the results minus names of targets could become public information through means other then the FBI.

Unless Holder and Obama et al decide to abuse Executive Privilege as in the Fast & Furious fiasco, to prevent Congress and the Judicial from obtaining any evidence and/or documentation.

Or, just simply stonewall. Seems to work for the TSA-related stuff they've been stonewalling on.

They seem to be channeling Andrew Jackson.

"John Marshall (Congress/Courts) has made his (it's/their) decision, now let him enforce it!"

When the government ceases to even pretend to be bound by the Rule of Law or any limitations on it's powers, that kinda narrows down the range of possible responses the People can take to correct it. It's not coincidental that the 2nd Amendment is under heavy attack. Soap, ballot, and jury boxes have proven ineffective.

Completely unrelated, but did you see the new IDF remotely-controlled sniper-weapon mount system? Something like that could be controlled from a smartphone app.

http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog:27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post:835b7d06-e3e0-428d-930b-9ea88e088c29

Doesn't seem like it would be too hard for hardware hackers to duplicate that functionality with mostly OTS robotics-hobbyist parts and components.

Just sayin'

Strat