New Law Aids Charlie Hebdo Hunt | WSJ, Jan. 8, 2015
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Technology and telecommunications experts say the new rules [#LPM] bolster one of the most important tools that law enforcement authorities have in a crisis situation—the ability to put together digital breadcrumbs from various sources, to help them zero in on a target.
Everything from traffic cameras and satellite images, to IP addresses and chat logs can help.
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“The French regime and the U.K. regime give a lot of latitude to the intelligence agencies to get data for national security reasons,” said Winston Maxwell, a lawyer at Hogan & Hartson LLP in Paris. “France—because it has, unfortunately, a long history of dealing with terrorism—has given a lot of leeway to the national security-type data gathering.”