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FCC Chairman Will Not Recuse Himself from Investigation into Former Client Securus Technologies

posted by martyb on Tuesday July 31 2018, @11:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the just-publish-FCC-members'-real-time-location-data dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Gizmodo reports:

In a letter this May, Senator Ron Wyden called on FCC Chairman Ajit Pai to recuse himself from an ongoing FCC investigation into companies gathering real-time location data on cellphones users. As an attorney six years ago, Pai represented one of the firms now central to the investigation.

The firm, Securus, a major provider of inmate call services to jails, is known to have provided location data on mobile customers to law enforcement officials without a court order. But despite his past work for Securus, Pai says he will not recuse himself.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @03:48PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 01 2018, @03:48PM (#715744)

    If choosing Tom Wheeler is your best example of Obama being corrupt then two things:

    1.) Trump is far, far more corrupt. It's not even close.

    2.) Your not trying that hard.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:27AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday August 02 2018, @01:27AM (#716009) Journal

    If choosing Tom Wheeler is your best example of Obama being corrupt

    It's not.

    2.) Your not trying that hard.

    Bingo.