Communications privacy act . Guest ecpa is, quite simply, in todays world the average american expects that the email they send to their loved one is going to have the same constitutional protections as the love letter they may have put in their desk. But unfortunately, our laws that govern when police can access Digital Content havent been updated since 1986. In the interim, there have been courts that have said police have to get a warrant before they get things like emails or private facebook messages. What this would do is, essentially, put that protection into the law. Thats consistent with the policy adopted by the fbi. Its similar to what google, microsoft and other major providers already require. But what it does is put that requirement into the law, eliminating any ambiguity about the protections that should apply to peoples private, sensitive digital information. Host now, whats the legislative discuss of an update to ecpa right now . Guest you know, right now the house has
Neema in todays world, the american expects their email to have the same constitutional protection as a love letter. That govern when police can access Digital Content have not been updated since 1986. There are courts that have said the police need to get warrants. What this would do is put that protection into the law. That is consistent with the policy adopted by the fbi. It is something that major providers already require. It puts that requirement into the law, eliminating any ambiguity. The legislative status of an update . Neema right now, the house has passed a bill, 4190. Peter what does that build do . Neema it would say that any time that police want to get your emails or other Digital Content, they have to come to providers with a warrant. It has unanimous support in the house. Is hard toort that get for naming a post office, but right now that bill is sitting in the senate. To passaiting for them it and for it to become law. Peter why is it sitting in the senate . Neema it
Our guests, neema sink giuliani, legislative counsel ott the aclu, and Mike Doucette who is a commonwealths attorney in virginia. How do police use cell phone tracking today . Guest we use it a number of different ways. Obviously, we use it to try to find individuals in realtime as well as Historical Information, try to get that information as to where people have been in the past. In order to solve crimes that have occurred or are about to occur. So, but we do use it very much in that capacity. Host in your view, is it an effective tool . Guest it can be, absolutely. I mean, i can hi of one particular i can think of one particular very gruesome homicide we had in lynchburg a couple of years ago where while the case wasnt resolved by cell tower the information, that basically broke the case. We would have never found the suspect but for the information. So it can be very helpful. Host ms. Guliani, are there restrictions on how the police can use cell phone tracking . Guest based on wha
Service by your cable or satellite provider. Hosost this is the the communicators and this week wleek at cellphone practices. We use it in several ways. We try to get the information from where people have been in the past in order to solve crimes that have occurred or are about to occur. We use it very much in that capacity. Host is it an effective tool in you view . Gues guest it can be. I can think of a gruesome homicide we have and the case wasnt revealed by cell tower information but that broke the case and we would have never found the suspect. Host are there restrictions on how the police can use the tracking . I think it is important to talk about how some of these devices work. You may have heard the word stingray. They operate by impersonating a legit cellphone and allow police to gather location, information, or serial numbers of not just the target zone but all phones in that area. In some cases, they can block or jam devices. The impact on the rights and privacy of not jus
Two thousand one. We want to talk about the change in the nature of the investigation. The gag now looking at it as an act of terrorism. 1 for republicans. 202 7488000 for democrats. For independents, 202 7458002. On social media, you can post your thoughts at cspanwj. At facebook, facebook. Com cspan. Send us an email on this topic as well at journal cspan. Org. Here is how the major papers are taking a look at the announcement by the fbi yesterday. The Washington Post calls the shooting and active terrorism. Journal eet probe focuses on on terror. You will notice, on the front page of the New York Times and put an editorial on this topic, the first since 1920. President obama made comments on this topic. We will hear from that shortly. Again, if you want to call and talk about the change in the investigation, 202 7488001 for republicans. 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7458002 for independents. The fbi changing the nature of the investigation, looking at it ofa possible act terrorism.