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15037375? ago

Lot's of US Code 2703's for Google and Facebook ... Required disclosure of customer communications or records

15042865? ago

These are PR/TT applications. That's pen register and tap and trace. They're an investigative tool where the government asks for log of called numbers or texted numbers. Pen registers allow them to see who you called. Tap and Trace allow them to see who called you. They can't listen to your calls like a real wiretap warrant allows, but unlike a wiretap an pen register doesn't require a warrant because the government is asking the phone company for the records. The phone company is the owner of this records not the caller. So less probable cause is needed for this than a warrant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_register

The background to this release is in 2013 national security reporter, Jason Leopold asked for certain sealed court proceedings to be unsealed when the case was closed so he could publish how often these tools were used by the government.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3110174-Jason-Leopold-Pen-Register-Petition.html

In Feb 2018 after a lot of back and forth with the government, the judge gave him a partial victory.

the petitioners’ petitions to unseal are granted in part and denied in part.

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/leopold-buzz.pdf

None of these are active cases.

None are sealed indictments. Many types of court proceedings are sealed. Indictments only count for a very small number of sealed cases.

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15043248? ago

Yeah, don't click those links, you'll get shill cooties or something.

Whatever bad thing comes from accurate information you'll definitely be infected with. You don't want accurate information covered in shill cooties do ya?

I mean you're willing to ignore the plain language at the top of the document that clearly says it's a list of docket number for "pen registers and/or trap and trace applications", aren't you? I mean I'd rather be lied to than get Shill Cooties.

I mean he's quoting from the court documents themselves! And linking to the backstory!!

SHILL COOTIES!

The antidote is to keep believing the guy who told you it's a list of sealed indictments related to pizzagate when it's clearly not.