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May 4, 2012

Democratic Rep. Asks Phone Companies to Detail Surveillance Role 
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Democratic Rep. Ed Markey of Massachusetts has asked the nation's
largest cellphone carriers to provide information on how they have aided
police surveillance. In a letter this week to eight companies, Markey,
the co-chair of the Congressional Bipartisan Privacy Caucus, said he is
"deeply concerned" that routine police tracking of cellphone calls "may
violate the privacy rights of Americans."

 

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