NNSquad - Network Neutrality Squad
[ NNSquad ] Psst! Can we have some phone records? Thanks from your FBI!
Similar situations for Internet-related records as well, apparently. Should anyone be surprised? --Lauren-- NNSquad Moderator ----- Forwarded message from Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> ----- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:45:00 -0500 From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net> Subject: [IP] Remember back before the Constitution was "Just a piece of paper"? Reply-To: dave@farber.net To: ip <ip@v2.listbox.com> Begin forwarded message: > From: Randall <rvh40@insightbb.com> > Date: January 21, 2010 10:25:59 AM EST > To: johnmacsgroup@yahoogroups.com, Dewayne Hendricks > <dewayne@warpspeed.com> > Cc: David Farber <dave@farber.net> > Subject: Remember back before the Constitution was "Just a piece of > paper"? > > Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:41:15 -0800 > From: Thad Floryan <thad@DELETED.com> > To: DELETED@telecom-digest.org. > Subject: FBI obtains phone records with a Post-it note [Telecom] > Message-ID: <4B57B0BB.3090808@thadlabs.com> > > This from Slashdot today: > > The FBI was so cavalier -- and telecom companies so eager to help -- > that a verbal request or even one written on a Post-it note was > enough for operators to hand over customer phone records, according > to a damning report (PDF) released on Wednesday by the US Department > of Justice Office of the Inspector General. > > <http://www.justice.gov/oig/special/s1001r.pdf> [306 pages, 5.6MB] > > -- > The war on privilege will never end. Its next great campaign will be > against the privileges of the underprivileged. H. L. Mencken > ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com ----- End forwarded message -----