Daily Archives: December 14, 2019

Livingston Ledger: FBI allegedly paid Geek Squad technicians as ‘confidential human sources’ in child porn case

Livingston Ledger: FBI allegedly paid Geek Squad technicians as ‘confidential human sources’ in child porn case:

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techdirt: DOJ Headed By William Barr Asked To Explain Warrantless Bulk Data Collection William Barr Authorized 27 Years Ago When He Was The Head Of The DOJ

techdirt: DOJ Headed By William Barr Asked To Explain Warrantless Bulk Data Collection William Barr Authorized 27 Years Ago When He Was The Head Of The DOJ by Tim Cushing:

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SCOTUSBlog: Justices to take up battle over Trump financial documents [or, what does this mean to the third-party doctrine?]

SCOTUSBlog: Justices to take up battle over Trump financial documents by Amy Howe:

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D.Neb.: Def consented to a dog sniff, but there was RS anyway

The stop was based on a traffic violation, and reasonable suspicion developed for a dog sniff. In addition, defendant was asked to consent to a dog sniff and did: “When initially asked for consent, Defendant responded, ‘I guess so, I … Continue reading

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S.D.N.Y.: Morocco can sue under the Vienna Convention, but its request for relief from a search of phones of two consular employees is denied without prejudice

The Kingdom of Morocco waived consular inviolability for a search warrant for alleged visa fraud by two of its employees in NYC on whom criminal complaints had been filed. Cell phones were seized. Morocco sought to intervene in grand jury … Continue reading

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CA4: Two address typos in affidavit for SW along with correct address twice and correct address in SW not error

There were two address typos in the affidavit, but it was in there correct twice, too. The warrant was correct. The search was reasonable. “In these circumstances, the technical errors in the search warrant affidavit did not invalidate the warrant … Continue reading

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NY2: Responding to a domestic call, the unmistakable sounds of an assault from inside justified warrantless entry

Police responded to an apparent domestic call. The officers at the door “heard a woman being beaten inside the apartment, heard her scream, and heard a male saying, ‘shut up’; and no one responded to the officers’ repeated knocks on … Continue reading

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CA8 has a pole camera case involving the front door but finds it harmless, if even a 4A violation

Defendant in a child pornography case had a pole camera set up across the street from his house to see who was going in. He challenges the surveillance, but the court finds, if error, it’s harmless on the record as … Continue reading

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