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Post by avordvet on Oct 27, 2015 3:52:55 GMT -5
IRS possessed Stingray cellphone surveillance gear, documents revealNicky Woolf in New York and William Green, Monday 26 October 2015 08.25 EDT Last modified on Monday 26 October 2015 13.19 EDT The Internal Revenue Service is the latest in a growing list of US federal agencies known to have possessed the sophisticated cellphone dragnet equipment known as Stingray, according to documents obtained by the Guardian. Invoices obtained following a request under the Freedom of Information Act show purchases made in 2009 and 2012 by the federal tax agency with Harris Corporation, one of a number of companies that manufacture the devices. Privacy advocates said the revelation “shows the wide proliferation of this very invasive surveillance technology”. www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/26/stingray-surveillance-technology-irs-cellphone-tower
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Post by avordvet on Nov 10, 2015 5:08:58 GMT -5
Lawmakers expand probe into Obama's warrantless surveillanceBy Rudy Takala (@rudytakala) • 11/9/15 12:31 PM A bipartisan coalition of lawmakers is demanding to know how widespread the use of warrantless surveillance is within the Obama administration, after it became known that the Internal Revenue Service has quietly been using "cell-site simulator" technology to collect data from unsuspecting people. In a Monday letter to all 24 federal agencies, the leaders of the House Oversight Committee said it wants to know which other agencies are using this technology, commonly known as "Stingray" technology that poses as cell phone towers. It was spearheaded by committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, R-Md. www.washingtonexaminer.com/lawmakers-expand-probe-into-obamas-warrantless-surveillance/article/2575937
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