In the Boston bombing investigation, a former #FBI agent inadvertently mentioned impromptu access to the content of the past calls between the bomber and his wife:
Almost immediately Erin Burnett, the host of CNN’s Outfront, wanted to know how the government knew. Aren’t phone calls supposed to be private ? She interviewed Tim Clemente, a former FBI counter-terrorism agent on May 1, asking:
Is there any way … they [the federal investigators] can try to get the phone companies to give that up … It’s not a voice mail. It’s just a conversation. There’s no way they can actually find out what [was said on the call], right, unless she tells them?
Clemente: There is a way. We certainly have ways in national security investigations to find out exactly what was said in that conversation. It’s not necessarily something that the FBI is going to want to present in court, but it may help lead the investigation … we certainly can find that out.
Burnett: So they can actually get that ? … that is incredible.
Clemente: Welcome to America. All of that stuff is being captured as we speak, whether we know it or like it, or not.
Source: ▻http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/crime/item/15340-boston-bombing-investigation-reveals-government-surveillance-o via ▻https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5897903 #NSA #surveillance
