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on Tuesday May 06 2014, @03:55PM
from the you-can-access-the-emails-we-want-you-to-see dept.
from the you-can-access-the-emails-we-want-you-to-see dept.
In 2008, two of Sarah Palin's personal Yahoo email accounts were hacked, revealing the existence of correspondence with other government officials like Alaska's Lieutenant Governor and even California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger outside any sunshine record-keeping requirements of the state government. Palin was eventually cleared of any wrong-doing with the account, despite the account being deleted before the investigation even started.
In what feels like the discovery of another tip of the same iceberg, ProPublica has a report about the Cuomo administration's adoption of similar tactics in New York.
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Can anyone remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?
(Score: 1) by tftp on Wednesday May 07 2014, @01:40AM
The police (in this area, at least) are using department-issued cell phones. About every other officer has it. They need them to call people - many 911 calls are resolved over the phone; in other cases the officer needs to know where to meet with the victim, etc. Some cases are purely about filing a paperwork, such as if one loses their passport.
However cell phones do not provide recording of conversations. Recording that is suitable as evidence should be done properly and reliably, not with a Walkman that is duct-taped to the phone. Perhaps NSA can do it, since they record everything else already...
(Score: 2) by sjames on Wednesday May 07 2014, @02:39AM
Treat it as a wiretap order. Easy enough since there isn't a 4th amendment issue involved in a govt issued phone for official use only.