Orin Kerr commented on yesterday’s oral argument: The Fifth Circuit held its oral argument in its Fourth Amendment cell-site case today; the audio is here. On the whole, I thought the argument was pretty unilluminating. The judges spent a lot of time trying to figure out the statute and the facts, but they had surprisingly few…
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Your government says you have NO reasonable expectation of privacy in your cell phone location data history
Jaikumar Vijayan reports on oral argument in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday: Individuals have no reasonable expectation of privacy in historical cell phone location data collected and maintained by phone companies, a federal prosecutor said in oral arguments Monday before a three-judge panel from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans….
Intelligence effort named citizens, not terrorists – Senate report reveals uselessness of fusion centers for fighting terrorism
Eileen Sullivan and Matt Apuzzo of Associated Press reports: A multibillion-dollar information-sharing program created in the aftermath of 9/11 has improperly collected information about innocent Americans and produced little valuableintelligence on terrorism, a Senate report concludes. It portrays an effort that ballooned far beyond anyone’s ability to control. What began as an attempt to put local,…
Justice Dept. to defend warrantless cell phone tracking
Nice recap by Declan McCullagh of a case being argued in the Fifth Circuit today: The Obama administration will tell federal judges in New Orleans today that warrantless tracking of the location of Americans’ mobile devices is perfectly legal. Federal prosecutors are planning to argue that they should be able to obtain stored records revealing the minute-by-minute…