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ACLU Recommends Budget Cuts Amid Imminent Government Shutdown Threats

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New FBI Director James Comey may have to make big cuts to the bureau’s budget because of a government shutdown and last year’s sequester. The ACLU has some ideas about “programs that deserve to get the axe, because they’re ineffective, undermine innocent Americans’ privacy and civil liberties, or simply offend American values.”…

Critics: FBI Violates Federal Law with Cell Phone Tracking Technology

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Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com New records show the FBI is using a controversial cell phone tracking technology that dupes phones into using a fake network, Slate reports. The idea is to track the movements of suspects in real time, Slate reported. But communication is not intercepted. The technology, called “Stingray,” is controversial because it collects data from…