[Infowarrior] - Emails Show Feds Instructed Police To Lie About Using Stingrays

[Richard Forno]

New Emails Show That Feds Instructed Police To Lie About Using Stingray Mobile Phone Snooping
by Mike Masnick

Fri, Jun 20th 2014 12:03pm


https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140620/10271327635/new-emails-show-that-feds-instructed-police-to-lie-about-using-stingray-mobile-phone-snooping.shtml

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Late last night, the ACLU came out with perhaps the most explosive information so far: a set of internal police emails showing that the US Marshals have been instructing police to lie to courts about the use of such devices. Specifically, rather than revealing the use of the tool, they're told to just tell the court they got the information from a "confidential source.” While affidavits may initially note the use of such a device, the police are told to submit a new affidavit after the fact without mentioning the Stingray, and seal the old one, so that it never becomes public.

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