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We're not talking about murder.

The threshold for obtaining a subpoena is remarkably lower than that. NSLs -- I wish I could tell you, but the whole program is classified.

The EFF reports that mobile providers received 8 million law enforcement requests for GPS data: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/12/surveillance-shocker-s...

And ... due process like subpoenas and court orders? Not so much:

AT&T said it now responds to more than 700 request a day, about a third of which do not require court orders or subpoenas.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57468316-94/cell-carriers-s...

I'm all for rule of law. This isn't.



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