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Feds Used Fake Cell Towers to Track Don Lemon's Producer
Original: Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer
Federal investigators obtained warrants to use cell-site simulators — devices that mimic cell towers to locate phones — to track down a producer for Don Lemon, according to WIRED. Investigators also sought permission to use the same invasive surveillance tool against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate, raising fresh concerns about surveillance of journalists and political figures.
Why now: The revelation that federal agencies deployed invasive phone-tracking surveillance against journalists and a political candidate has sparked alarm over press freedom and government overreach.
Don LemonGeorgia FortWIREDMinnesota state Senate
Evidence
- Feds Got Warrants to Use Fake Cell Towers to Hunt Down Don Lemon’s Producer · WIRED
Investigators also sought permission to use an invasive surveillance tool called a cell-site simulators against journalist Georgia Fort and a Minnesota state Senate candidate.
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