[FedCom] Stingray legality

[Brian]

WSJ had the story this week.

'Stingray' Phone Tracker Fuels Constitutional Clash
Stingrays are designed to locate a mobile phone even when it's not being used to make a call. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation considers the devices to be so critical that it has a policy of
deleting the data gathered in their use, mainly to keep suspects in the dark about their
capabilities, an FBI official told The Wall Street Journal in response to inquiries.
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904194604576583112723197574.html>


HARRIS Wireless Products Group
* 8 pages
* September 2008
<http://info.publicintelligence.net/Harris-SurveillancePriceList.pdf>
<http://publicintelligence.net/harris-corporation-amberjack-stingray-stingray-ii-kingfish-wireless-s
urveillance-products-price-list/>



-----Original Message-----
From: gary
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 18:05
To: Discussion of Federal Government Communications
Subject: [FedCom] Stingray legality

> http://egov.ci.miami.fl.us/Legistarweb/Attachments/48003.pdf

I'm curious how such a device, which transmits on bands licensed to 
wireless companies, is remotely legal for law enforcement to use.