GPS trackingFBI limits GPS tracking following Supreme Court case
Following the recent Supreme Court ruling that required law enforcement agencies to have a warrant before they could use GPS tracking devices on a suspect, the FBI has begun scaling back on its use of electronic surveillance
Following the recent Supreme Court ruling that required law enforcement agencies to have a warrant before they could use GPS tracking devices on a suspect, the FBI has begun scaling back on its use of electronic surveillance.
An FBI official speaking anonymously to USA Today, saidthe bureau changed its procedures the day after the 23 January court decision.
Until the Justice Department completes its review of the Supreme Court decision and clarifies the use of GPS tracking devices, additional agents have been dispatched to conduct traditional, labor-intensive surveillance of suspects.
Testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee last week, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said GPS surveillance is currently being analyzed by the intelligence community for its legality.
“We are now examining the potential implications for intelligence, foreign or domestic,” Clapper said. “That reading is of great interest to us. In all of this, we will — we have and will — continue to abide by the Fourth Amendment.”
So far the FBI is the first federal law enforcement agency to change its practices regarding GPS surveillance as a result of the Supreme Court ruling.
