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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCIA aided domestic phone spying
A Justice Department program used to gather data from U.S. cellphones apparently has a secret partner: the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).The CIA played a role in helping the U.S. Marshals Service develop technology that imitates cellphone towers, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The system, used on airplanes, allows federal agents to scoop up identifying and location information for thousands of cellphones in every sweep.
The spy agencys role in the so-called dirtbox program was previously unknown, and is considered unusual, given that the CIA is banned from most domestic spying operations...
Development of the dirtbox devices began approximately 10 years ago when the CIA arranged for the Marshals Service to receive money to conduct surveillance, the Journal reported. The two groups worked together for years to develop the technology, versions of which are used overseas to track terror suspects.
The program relies on specially equipped planes that fly from five U.S. cities. Sweeps gather data from most of the U.S. population, including non-suspects, according to the Journal.
http://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/235225-report-cia-aided-domestic-phone-spying
The FBI's operating overseas and the CIA at home. Clusterfucks everywhere.
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CIA aided domestic phone spying (Original Post)
ND-Dem
Mar 2015
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Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)1. Raise your hand,
anyone surprised by this.
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)2. I though that was against the law. Silly me.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)3. Dirtbox
It's called a coffin and our Constitution is in it.
neverforget
(9,436 posts)4. ya got that right. nt