US govt pays AT&T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant

A senator has complained that American law enforcement agencies snoop on US citizens and residents, seemingly without regard for the privacy provisions of the Fourth Amendment, under a secret program called the Hemisphere Project that allows police to conduct searches of trillions of phone records.

Catsrules,

Glad to see my tax dollars going to a good cause. /s

Saki,

See also:

Secretive White House Surveillance Program Gives Cops Access to Trillions of US Phone Records

The French National Police is unlawfully using an Israeli facial recognition software [installed massively and secretly. The Minister ordered an investigation]

BearOfaTime,

Well that’s at least one step removed from what they were doing in the 90’s, when Verizon(?) dta centers had direct connections for feds to snoop.

I don’t remember the details, just that it was a big deal at the time. And I’m just sure they stopped doing it, right?

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