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FBI Obtains Phone Records With a Post-it Note

Friday, February 5th, 2010

angry tapir writes “The FBI was so cavalier — and telecom companies so eager to help — that a verbal request or even one written on a Post-it note was enough for operators to hand over customer phone records, according to a damning report (PDF) released on Wednesday by the US Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General.”

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