Re: Fwd: RE: [privacy] Frank Rich: Will the Real Traitors Please S tand Up?

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 5/15/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:

> If it's anything like how police currently deal with call records obtained
> in a shady manner, they use the call records to get a good idea of who the
> culprit(s) are, and then fill in the backstory via other investigative
> means once they know who to concentrate on, so the call records never get
> entered as evidence...

The telcos are GIVING this data up. No need for executive powers. No
need for courts .No need for subpoenas.

Police do use phone records but they do have to get subpoenas for
phone records because, from what I've been able to ascertain of the
various sky-is-falling news articles, the records the cops would be
after are by customer - not just piles of data as is what the NSA
wants.

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