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11-13-2014, 08:40 PM
http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZDMLimk1z1LtZ4L_iVv.Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-11-13T235418Z_1_LYNXNPEAAC18J_RTROPTP_2_USA-FISCAL.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/u-using-fake-cellphone-towers-planes-gather-data-001053901.html)WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An agency of the U.S. Justice Department is gathering data from thousands of cell phones, including both criminal suspects and innocent Americans, by using fake communications towers on airplanes, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The program run by the U.S. Marshals Service began operations in 2007 and uses Cessna planes flying from at least five major airports and covering most of the U.S. population, the newspaper said, citing people familiar with the operations. ...



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