capabilities seized at mar-a-lago. the washington post reports that one of the highly classified documents found in the fbi search last month described a foreign government s nuclear defenses writing, quote, some of the seized documents detailed top secret u.s. operations so closely guarded that many senior national security officials are kept in the dark about them. only the president some members of his cabinet or a near cabinet level official could authorize other government officials to no details of these special access prog programs holding dozens of classified documents in an unsecured location months in many cases after he was asked to return them. we know it s a higher level of sensitivity and does that level of sensitivity increase the likelihood that the doj charges, a legal standard here? more charges, higher charges? more likely to charge given sensitivity? good morning. i m glad to be with all of you. i think that is probably the case. you know? the document
of privacy, that would be an unlawful search. this is an area where the emergence of new technologies makes it likely, i believe, that should you be confirmed you will have to consider 4th amendment claims in light of circumstances that couldn t have been anticipated at the time of the drafting of the constitution, and indeed, constitutional interpretation has already evolved over time to adapt to the reality of new technologies from phone booths, classic case in the late 1960s about whether a closed phone booth door demonstrates an expectation of privacy, to more recent case law involving geo location data from cell phones. i want to urge you, should you be confirmed, to remain vigilant about how the emergence of new technologies, the way that they become ubiquitous in our lives, the way that virtual spaces are
apparently based solely on the fact that they were here in washington on the capitol hill area and they are using their we will go geo location data. i would like to know whether to what extent they are doing the same thing with regard to the folks who rioted last summer. i haven t got one yet but i m demanding one. will: detention and length of detention for anyone involved in january 6th. not just media members silent. politicians, republican politicians you are one of only five senators willing to ask these questions. why is that? where is the rest of the republican party? where are the rest of your republican senatorial colleagues in asking these questions that have less to do with insurrectionists and more to do with due process and the rule of law. where are they? first of all, you are absolutely right. this has a whole lot to do with due process and very basic constitutional protections. that ought not depend on the color of jersey you wear or whether you identify more with
health insurance company. and they can sell them the data and the insurance company can either raise your rates or terminate your insurance before you even know you re sick. and that is what the problem is. they have basically declared imminent domain on all of this data. i think that it is time to ask questions like why is it legal to have trade, you know, either a sale or barter, whatever, of credit card information, other financial transactions. why is it legal to do the same thing with data you gather from health products. why is it legal to do that with the geo location data from your smartphone. all of these things are incredibly personal and an invasion of your privacy and frankly of your liberty to make your own decisions. you are also talking about this new feature that they will add, this clear history he featufe feature and you think it could be a publicity stunt. i think with all of these things anytime there is more visibility and more user control, that is a good thin
bill: this time in washington, d.c. department of homeland security saying they can be used to intercept cell phone calls and messages. an image. associated press put this out. releasing an image of the stingray two. former c.i.a. officer buck sexton to talk about this. good morning to you. do you know what the string ray is? lots of folks can use it and you can get some things commercially. this is a reminder for everybody there is constant possibility of surveillance, interception, all of that stuff going on in this country in our day-to-day lives. bill: some people think it s nefarious. it could be. you would think so. bill: it s mobile, right? it depends. there is a range of these devices. some are pretty basic and really just give geo location data. others that allow for active