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FBI Responds To ACLU GPS Tracking Complaint

Posted by samzenpus on from the for-your-eyes-only dept.

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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  1. This is wrong. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    What the FBI does is wrong.
    And they know it, that is why they hide it.

    Inform your congressman.

    1. Re:This is wrong. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Inform your congressman.

      Become your congressman.

    2. Re:This is wrong. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Inform your congressman.

      Please. That's so naive.

      You're right. The real way to change a broken system is to participate in juvenile one-upmanship on Slashdot. That'll show 'em.

    3. Re:This is wrong. by sumdumass · · Score: 5, Informative

      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.

      They can also do a private hearing if the subject is considered a matter of national security then release more of the information through leaks or bringing it up on the floor of congress.

      So while you are right in that you go to court over an agency violating existing laws, you can still go to congress to get the answers you are looking for (provided congress is willing to take the matter up).

  2. Damn Bush and his warrantless crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    When can we vote Bush/Cheney out of office?

  3. More like by ArchieBunker · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Donate millions of dollars to your congressman. Then they'll really be working for you.

    --
    Only the State obtains its revenue by coercion. - Murray Rothbard
  4. Government believers by MetalliQaZ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    People who live and work in the system are usually believers. They will always believe that they are trying to do the right thing, that they are helping not hurting. Every time governments start doing evil things and people finally get prosecuted, they always seem to have convinced themselves that they were somehow acting in then best interests of the people.

    But, in this case, I just can't seem to figure out what the person who redacted those pages was thinking. Did they actually believe that it was too dangerous to communicate the FBI's policy to the very people they are supposed to be protecting? I just can't figure out what mental twisting they could have used to justify keeping this secret. I can only conclude that they don't actually believe they are acting in the best interests of the people, but in their own interests. Do they really have so much contempt for us?

    This is a very good time to point out how much organizations like the ACLU and EFF are needed. Donate if you can, it's tax deductible!

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    "Here Lies Philip J. Fry, named for his uncle, to carry on his spirit"