US seeks cell phone tracking of suspects without warrant
Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:47:37 GMT
A US Appeals Court weighs a government petition on whether to allow the police to track down suspected criminals through cell-phone signals without a warrant.一個美國上訴法院在估量政府的申請書，是否讓警方追踪犯罪嫌疑人，透過手機信號而不必手令。
The Federal Appeals Court in Philadelphia has begun working on a government appeal meant to authorize the law enforcement to obtain cell-phone tracking information of suspected individuals from telecommunication companies without having to give a possible reason for their probe.
在費城的聯邦上訴法院，已開始研究政府的上訴，授權執法人員從電訊公司取得涉嫌人的手機跟踪信息，而不必為調查給出一個可能的原因。
The case, originally filed in a Pennsylvania court in 2008, has stirred media frenzy in the US and reached the Congress over its conflicts with privacy laws, with some Senate democratic members pledging to launch investigations into the matter.
US activists and rights groups such as Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have criticized the case, deeming it as potential government encroachment on civil liberties.
"If the courts do side with the government, that means that everywhere we go, in the real world and online, will be an open book to the government unprotected by the Fourth Amendment," AFP quoted Kevin Bankston, an EFF lawyer, as saying.
Government lawyers, however, argue that police should be able to ask telecommunication companies to hand over records of suspected offenders, which would show the past whereabouts of the cell-phone subscribers.
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