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Within the article text: WRAL reporter Tyler Dukes found four investigations in 2017 where **police issued these uniquely extensive warrants**...

• greenyoda 9y ago
  Sorry, I missed that sentence. It seems like sloppy or ignorant reporting. The original WRAL investigation referenced by this article makes it clear that a judge issued the warrant: > "On a satellite image, they drew shapes around the crime scenes, marking the coordinates on the map. Then they convinced a Wake County judge they had enough probable cause to order Google to hand over account identifiers on every single cell phone that crossed the digital cordon during certain times."[1] The WRAL article, in turn, links to the actual warrant, which is indeed signed by a judge.[2] So in this case, the HN guideline that asks us to "submit the original source" would have resulted in a higher quality article that would have avoided all this confusion. [1] http://www.wral.com/to-find-suspects-police-quietly-turn-to-google/17377435 http://www.wral.com/to-find-suspects-police-quietly-turn-to-... (which someone submitted earlier: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16604181 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16604181) [2] https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4388571-20170308-homicide-warrant.html#document/p5/a410668 https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4388571-20170308-hom...
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