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February 11, 2010
Remember when the Left hated tapping phone calls from abroad?
Well, it's different when the calls are domestic, right? Feds push for tracking cell phonesIn that case, the Obama administration has argued that warrantless tracking is permitted because Americans enjoy no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in their--or at least their cell phones'--whereabouts. U.S. Department of Justice lawyers say that "a customer's Fourth Amendment rights are not violated when the phone company reveals to the government its own records" that show where a mobile device placed and received calls.
Posted by Vanderleun at February 11, 2010 1:13 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.