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2018-04-04 Science

Homeland Security finds suspected phone surveillance devices in Washington

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Posted by Skidmark 2018-04-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Why do you suspect just 'foreign' powers?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-04-04 07:58|| 2018-04-04 07:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Given the recent revelations about domestic spying, the first thing to look for is an inventory tag from one of our own three-letter agencies.

Posted by SteveS 2018-04-04 08:02|| 2018-04-04 08:02|| Front Page Top

#3 The political class has a habit of chasing foreign agents down dark alleys, hitting them over the head and then stuffing their pockets with juicy intelligence (Awan/Congress,Clinton EMail/Maid/Sciff, Weiner/Abedin's Yahoo printout scheme).

What difference at any point do a few measly phone calls or text messages make?

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2018-04-04 08:55|| 2018-04-04 08:55|| Front Page Top

#4 I have read elsewhere that the USCG has installed devices like these on their search & rescue aircraft to help find civilians lost in areas where there is no cell phone coverage, e.g. wilderness of upper peninsula of Michigan, southwest deserts, etc. They have succeeded in locating the lost who happen to have their cell phones powered on.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-04-04 10:53|| 2018-04-04 10:53|| Front Page Top

#5 Motorola threw together a backpackable version and sent it to NYNY just 24 hrs after 911. Found about 1000 working cellphones at the trade towers but no people.

Posted by 3dc 2018-04-04 12:21|| 2018-04-04 12:21|| Front Page Top

#6 what appear to be devices that could be used by foreign spies and criminals to track individual cellphones and intercept calls and messages, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Foreign? Could be Trump what Trump meant shortly after he got elected.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-04-04 12:28|| 2018-04-04 12:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Delete be Trump.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-04-04 12:30|| 2018-04-04 12:30|| Front Page Top

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