The much-derided SnOOPEr'S CHarteR in the UK (which actually formalised and regulated stuff that was already being done) means that while it's not a judge signi

The much-derided SnOOPEr'S CHarteR in the UK (which actually formalised and regulated stuff that was already being done) means that while it's not a judge signing off warrants for comms data, it involves police gatekeepers (and believe me, getting a warrant to blow someone's door off is a piece of piss compared to writing up a comms data application), who then send it to an independent decision making body who then return it to the police who then upload the request to CSP systems using a pre-agreed portal with appropriate authentication. This touchstone of 'judicial oversight' is frequently nonsense. You can't tell me that every judge who has to give a warrant for a DUI blood draw at 3am in smalltown US is giving the matter any kind of scrutiny, nor that that judge has any legal or judicial experience at all.