June 12th, 2009

EFF brief accuses DOJ of "backdoor wiretapping"

By Jon Stokes, Ars Technica

In the course of gathering electronic evidence in an investigation, apparently the Justice Department sometimes has trouble telling the difference between a subpoena of "stored communications" and warrantless wiretapping... So, the EFF filed an amicus brief in Warshak v. United States to help ensure that the DOJ's apparent confusion isn't transmitted to the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals.

Related Issues: Privacy

Related Cases: Warshak v. United States

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