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How does the government "secretly" obtain information? Did they hack the AP? Was it an inside job? Better yet, if it was so secret, how did the AP even find out
by smaili 13y ago
How does the government "secretly" obtain information? Did they hack the AP? Was it an inside job? Better yet, if it was so secret, how did the AP even find out that the DoJ obtained their records? Something doesn't add up...
- reustle 13y agoI would think they could have easily contacted the carriers of the phone numbers, which would quickly hand over whatever data they were requesting.
- Zikes 13y agoPhone records may be subpoenaed from the phone service providers. As the article notes, part of that process is to later notify affected service users of the subpoena, which they did on Friday by way of a letter to the AP.
- bcn 13y agoThe AP was with "notified" in a letter... From the article, "News organizations normally are notified in advance that the government wants phone records and enter into negotiations over the desired information. In this case, however, the government, in its letter to the AP, cited an exemption to those rules..." and then, "It is unknown whether a judge or a grand jury signed off on the subpoenas."
- mpyne 13y agoI guess the point is that it's not really a "secret" (which implies that a cover-up has been blown). Rather it's post-facto notification.