This article is about the F.B.I. impersonating a journalist in 2007 and using a tracking software to locate the individual. The media organizations did not approve of these methods that were used stating that it would taint the media’s credibility. The D.O.J. Office of the Inspector General report that was released stated that the F.B.I. did not violate any policies that were in place at the time ,but now as of June 2016 an agent has to get high-level approval pose as a journalist.
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Brent, love this article. The law is always trying to catch up with technology!! Just the nature of the beast. I remember all the controversy surrounding issues such as wireless, VOiP, etc. Is that wire taping, isn’t it? With technology changing so quickly, and law evolving so slowly, there is always going to be that gap!
Hey I didn’t have a problem with what they did, but then on the other hand what else can they do to get access to everybody else’s computer