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.