FBI orders local police into silence about capabilities of cell phone surveillance gear
by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Saturday, March 26, 2016
More and more, the federal government is behaving like a Stalinist entity that views We the People as adversaries to be subdued, rather than as citizens to be served.
According to a document released by the FBI under a Freedom of Information Act request filed by The Washington Post, the federal law enforcement agency requires state and local police departments to remain silent regarding the capabilities of a controversial form of surveillance equipment that enables officers to listen in on cellphone calls and track individuals based on signals sent from their mobile devices.
As further reported by the Post:
The December 2012 document is a heavily redacted letter between the FBI and police in Tacoma, Wash., as the local department sought to acquire an IMSI catcher, sometimes described as a “fake cellphone tower” because it tricks individual phones into routing their calls and other data through the surveillance equipment.
Tacoma Police were buying equipment that was produced by the Harris Corp., a Florida-based firm that manufactures the StingRay, as well as other IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) catchers that are used by law enforcement entities around the country.
The FBI document was not classified, the Post reported. However, it was designated as “law enforcement sensitive.” In it, the bureau informed the Tacoma police chief that the Federal Communications Commission authorizes the sale of that particular kind of surveillance gear to state and local police agencies, but only if they sign an FBI “non-disclosure agreement.”
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