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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:17:01 -0300 To: politech@politechbot.com Subject: [Politech] Judge denies Feds' cell-phone tracking request, in first case of its kind [priv] User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Macintosh/20050716) http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-5846037.html "Police blotter" is a weekly report on the intersection of technology and the law. This episode: Feds' location-tracking rebuffed. What: In the first case of its kind, a federal judge chastises the U.S. Department of Justice for trying to constantly track a cell phone user's location without providing any proof of criminal behavior. When: Decided Aug. 25 by U.S. Magistrate Judge James Orenstein in Central Islip, N.Y. Outcome: Justice Department's Patriot Act surveillance request was denied. [...remainder snipped...] _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org";>leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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