Posted on 05/03/2015 8:20:30 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
MuckRock has obtained a whole stack of Stingray-related documents from the FBI. As is to be expected, there's not much left unsaid by the agency, which is at least as protective of its own Stingray secrecy as it is with that of law enforcement agencies all over the US.
There's nearly 5,000 pages of "material" here, most of which contains only some intriguing words and phrases surrounded by page after page of redactions.
Want to know [REDACTED]'s thoughts on the possible legal implications of Triggerfish? Just close your eyes and allow your imagination to run free.
In passing CALEA in 1994, Congress required providers to isolate and provide to the government certain information relating to telephone communications. At the same time that it created these obligations, it created an exception: carriers shall not provide law enforcement with "any information that may disclose the physical location of the subscriber" in response to a pen/trap order… By its very terms, this prohibition applies only to information collected by a provider and not to information collected directly by law enforcement authorities. Thus, CALEA does not bar the use of pen/trap orders to authorize the use of cell phone tracking devices used to locate targeted cell phones.But, for the most part, it's 5000 pages of this:
"It does not seem credible to me that they can't release more of those kinds of records," [ACLU attorney Nate] Wessler told me. "Information about ongoing investigations, highly technical details of the devices, how they're put together, those kinds of things, redact them, fair enough. Information about whether they have to get a warrant or not, how they purge or do not purge bystanders data. They're clearly talking about those things."If nothing else, the documents have given a small, narrow glimpse behind the FBI's veil of secrecy -- as well as some more insight into its Stingray-related legal maneuvering. The FBI has managed to turn a pen register order -- something previously used to collect dialed numbers -- into something that can be deployed to locate an individual, or at least their cellphone. Unsurprisingly, this legal theory traces back to the Patriot Act, one of the largest expansions of intelligence and law enforcement powers ever produced by the US government.
"There's no conceivable reason why they shouldn't tell the public what their Fourth Amendment rights are protecting when they use these," he added. "The documents are not without value, but what the FBI has released is not adequate."
Can you do a “Readers Digest” synopsis of this?
By amazing coincidence, my response to this non-response has ALSO been heavily redacted.
I think that you wanted to say that "there's much left unsaid by the agency."
To say that "there is not much left unsaid" would mean that the agency had said almost everything.
Regards,
OK, here goes: [ ]
That clear it up for you?
If you look closely you will not that the letters ‘u’ ad ‘n’ have a strike through them in the word unsaid.
America: land where family members occasionally put batteries back in their phones to talk funny to one another.
America: land where family members occasionally put batteries back in their phones to talk funny to one another.
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How much leaning on APPLE was required by the FBI to get them to make the iPhones battery unremovable by the user?
Evidently you are humor-impaired. My condolences.
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