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When It Comes To Spy Gear, Many Police Ignore Public Records Laws

Posted by timothy on from the muck-rocks! dept.

v3rgEz writes What should take precedence: State public records laws, or contractual agreements between local police, the FBI, and the privately owned Harris Corporation? That's the question being played out across the country, as agencies are strongly divided on releasing much information, if any, on how they're using Stingray technology to collect and monitor phone metadata without judicial oversight.

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  1. The Constitution is Clear - Tenth Amendment by Bodhammer · · Score: 3, Informative

    "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

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    "I say we take off, nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."