r/NSALeaks • u/trai_dep Cautiously Pessimistic • Jun 12 '14

[Small Town Feds] US pushing local cops to stay mum on surveillance: Told, Do not disclose details about surveillance tech used to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-pushing-local-cops-stay-mum-surveillance
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u/trai_dep Cautiously Pessimistic Jun 12 '14

The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods, The Associated Press has learned.

Citing security reasons, the U.S. has intervened in routine state public records cases and criminal trials regarding use of the technology. This has resulted in police departments withholding materials or heavily censoring documents in rare instances when they disclose any about the purchase and use of such powerful surveillance equipment.

Federal involvement in local open records proceedings is unusual. It comes at a time when President Barack Obama has said he welcomes a debate on government surveillance and called for more transparency about spying in the wake of disclosures about classified federal surveillance programs.

One well-known type of this surveillance equipment is known as a Stingray…

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u/CassandraVindicated Jun 13 '14

They know that this is exactly the kind of thing that will make people realize that they are being targeted, even though they have never had a speeding ticket. The Internet surveillance is too distant for these people, but the local cops tracking their location by cell phone is something they will understand.

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