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San Bernardino Sheriff Has Used Stingray Over 300 Times With No Warrant

Posted by samzenpus on from the was-that-wrong? dept.

An anonymous reader writes: After a records request by Ars, the sheriff in San Bernardino County (SBSD) sent an example of a template for a "pen register and trap and trace order" application. The county attorneys claim what they sent was a warrant application template, even though it is not. The application cites no legal authority on which to base the request. "This is astonishing because it suggests the absence of legal authorization (because if there were clear legal authorization you can bet the government would be citing it)," Fred Cate, a law professor at Indiana University, told Ars. "Alternatively, it might suggest that the government just doesn't care about legal authorization. Either interpretation is profoundly troubling," he added. Further documents reveal that the agency has used a Stingray 303 times between January 1, 2014 and May 7, 2015.

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  1. Re:Are they LEOs by BlueStrat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is an apparent law enforcement officer (or group thereof) who is conducting their work illegally, really a law enforcement officer?

    Nope, they are just Low-Earth Orbits then.

    Take from that what you can comprehend. Don't try to understand it. My head hurts.

    It's quite simple.

    They are acting as agents of State Security, or "SS".

    The SS operates without regard to laws or Constitutionally-mandated limits/restrictions to government powers. They believe as tyrants always have, that power comes from the barrel of a gun.

    At a 2008 "distressed investors" forum, Ron Bloom, appointed Senior Counselor to President Obama for Manufacturing Policy in September 2009, said:

    "Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whole point is to game the system, to beat the market. Or at least find someone who will pay you a lot of money, 'cause they're convinced that there is a free lunch. We know this is largely about power, that it's an adults-only, no-limit game. We kind of agree with Mao, that political power comes largely from the barrel of a gun."

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

    This mentality is not uncommon across government, especially the higher one looks.

    Strat

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    Progressivism (aka US 'Liberalism'): Ideas so good they need a police/surveillance-state to enforce.
  2. Re:Are they LEOs by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Funny

    They Enforce, they don't Obey. That would just be silly, because it would spell LOO, which is limey-talk for a toilet.

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."