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Were signs that surveillance devices were detected as early as last year near the white house. the devices are called sting rays. or international mobile subscriber identity catchers. and they're not only illegal for nonlaw enforcement usage in america. they're capable of gathering a lot of secret information. >> it pretends it's a cell phone tower. your phone will collect to it and it'll collect things like the device number. it knows who you are. records of who you communicate with. even sometimes the contents of your communications. >> reporter: the department of homeland security isn't say...

Especially on a government level. >> a few years ago deputy attorney sally yates said cell site simulators, sting rays are a critical tool for us finding fugitives and kidnapping victims and drug cases. still, she also acknowledged the need for restraint. the american civil liberties union said law enforcement agencies in at least 25 states and d.c. have sting rays. and the aclu argues their use often constitutes a type of illegal search and invasion of privacy with innocent people and their phones swept up in the electronic net. >> so, that's what these devices are and that's what they do. bu...

In the national capital region that appears to be consistent with mobile subscriber identity catchers, stingrays. >> i need to get hold of a stingray. >> on homes such as rogue, they are a high tech trove. what are they? sting rays and similar devices are about the size of a briefer case and emit a signal mimicking a cell phone tower, tricking phones into connecting with the sting ray, even when those phones are not in use. meaning even when no one is talking, well, we called counter espionage expert kevin murry in new jersey. >> these things have the capability of tracking, so if you wanted t...

The nbc finals, they are set. last night a do or die situation. first quarter steph cuffrry nailing three of his 23 points. the mvp runner up had a tough night coughing up the ball 13 times. in the end the clippers ran away with the game and the series. they reached the finals for the first time in 40 years. game one against the cleveland cavaliers is june fourth in oakland. now to baseball and an aquarium. >> cruz to center. this racing back. it's over his head and it's in the pool. the sting rays will have to take over. we've got a floater here in tampa. >> that three-run blast in the ninth ...

On in viral video. what happens when you taunt a sting ray? don't do this. what the heck is he thinking? this is on the gold coast in australia. experts believe the sting ray felt threatened by the guy and say behavior like that in sting rays is extremely rare. >> i was studying this video prior to the show. right before the video he was baiting it. >> don't do that. sort of thinks he can get at that sting ray but the sting ray usually wins. >> if you've got a sting ray story, tweet us. meanwhile, there goes that pen again. following his year of action, president obama is shifting his focus ...