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Prosecutors Drop Key Trial Evidence to Avoid Explaining Stingray Use

posted by janrinok on Wednesday November 19 2014, @10:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the doesn't-the-oath-require-the-whole-truth? dept.

Serp Kannella the Odious writes:

In a Baltimore trial courtroom on Monday, a local judge threatened to hold a police detective in contempt of court for refusing to disclose how police located a 16-year-old robbery suspect’s phone.

But rather than disclose the possible use of a Stingray*, also known as a cell site simulator, Detective John L. Haley cited a non-disclosure agreement, likely with a federal law enforcement agency (such as the FBI) and/or the Harris Corporation, since the company is one of the dominant manufacturers of such devices. Stingrays can be used to determine a phone’s location, and they can also intercept calls and text messages.

Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry G. Williams retorted, "You don't have a non-disclosure agreement with the court," according to the Baltimore Sun.

* [Submitter's Note: Surely there's a joke about fishing expeditions to be had there.]

 
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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by Snotnose on Thursday November 20 2014, @12:54AM

    by Snotnose (1623) on Thursday November 20 2014, @12:54AM (#117927)

    Once again, I had mod points earlier today for a while. Nothing to mod. Now I want to mod the first poster, and my mod points have expired.

    I'm guessing I've used well under 1% of the mod points I've ever been granted. If you're gonna grant me mod points, how about letting them stay in force until I use them?

    / offtopic, I know
    // but dammit, every time I wanna mod something I have no points!
    /// and when I have points there's nothing I want to mod

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 20 2014, @02:33AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 20 2014, @02:33AM (#117953)

    The limit is 24 hours to keep people from only using them on hot topics.

    • (Score: 3) by c0lo on Thursday November 20 2014, @03:00AM

      by c0lo (156) on Thursday November 20 2014, @03:00AM (#117969) Journal

      The limit is 24 hours to keep people from only using them on hot topics.

      It happens to me as well to have mod points expiring unused

      The mechanism: on hot topics I have the tendency to post rather than moderate.
      On lukewarm subjects, there's usually nothing exceptional to moderate (what can you moderate in a 10-12 comments that are borderline offtopic?)

      Somehow, I think the "karma economy" has some room for improvements. But I'll be sincere: I'm just not sure how (probably because all I can know is derived only from my direct karma economy participation and cannot see a bigger picture).

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 20 2014, @04:23AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 20 2014, @04:23AM (#117992)

        I would mod you up but... Ahem

        Same goes for me