Our Lawless Government

Of course the real story is being overlooked here…
WASHINGTON – A Justice Department official on Friday defended the legality of a program to scoop up data from thousands of mobile phones as the secret operation came under scrutiny from lawmakers and caught the federal agency that regulates the nation’s airwaves by surprise.
The Justice Department, without formally acknowledging the existence of the program, defended the legality of the operation by the U. S. Marshals Service, saying the agency doesn’t maintain a database of everyday Americans’ cellphones.
Whether they maintain such a database is immaterial to the underlying issue, which is simply this: It is unlawful for the Marshal’s service to operate a radio transmitter on any other than a licensed frequency.

This post was published at Market-Ticker on 2014-11-15.