Accused bank robber wants NSA phone records for his defense

[Nystical]

[Quote]...Louis argued in court Wednesday that the government should be forced to turn over phone location records for two cellphones Brown may have used because it could prove he was not present for one of the attempted bank robberies, on July 26 on Federal Highway in Lighthouse Point.[/Quote]

[url]http://boingboing.net/2013/06/13/accused-bank-robber-wants-nsa.html[/url]

[urbanmonkey]

Wait phone companies couldn't do this before this whole NSA fiasco?

[Jsm]

This is the point we find out they have only been monitoring people of interest..

[scout1]

Just because your phone was used doesn't mean you were there

[Worldwaker]

[QUOTE=Jsm;41039395]This is the point we find out they have only been monitoring people of interest..[/QUOTE]

Uh? No? You don't do specific surveillance when you're tapping virtually every telecom company at an infrastructure level, you send a warrant. Do you have [I]any[/I] idea how any of this works, at all?

[S31-Syntax]

Yes but if those phone records include a recorded phone call while he was away...

[Paul McCartney]

[QUOTE=S31-Syntax;41039502]Yes but if those phone records include a recorded phone call while he was away...[/QUOTE]

He's doing it for location since it monitors all that.