Federal Judge Blasts FBI, Agent For Breaking The Law When Seeking Stingray Warrants

Federal Judge Blasts FBI, Agent For Breaking The Law When Seeking Stingray Warrants

6 years ago
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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180720/18490940279/federal-judge-blasts-fbi-agent-breaking-law-when-seeking-stingray-warrants.shtml

While it's good the FBI is seeking warrants for Stingray deployments, there's some bad news. This story from Cyrus Farviar from Ars Technica shows FBI warrant procedures are incredibly flawed -- so severely flawed they break state law when they're put to use.

California law does not allow state judges to sign off on warrants for federal agents, something that this particular FBI agent, Stonie Carlson, apparently did not know.