[Scan-DC] Secret US spy program targeted Americans' cellphones

[Doorgunner]

After my experiences covering war stories, my ear is attune to drones and 
repeating circles of planes....last summer I noticed a single wing small 
plane just doing large 20 minute circles over my Fairfax, VA, house, pretty 
big circles...like the beltway to IAD... all day, even at night...for 
months.
First I though perhaps some pilot putting on hours to qualify, then I 
thought the law enforcement support thing....he was up about 4000+ 
feet...almost hard to spot, but easily enough to hear...One friend told me 
about the local govs that take aerial pix, overlay the images and compare 
capital improvements on properties for tax purposes...ok sure, but not at 
night..
This story about the "dirt box" kind of rings a bell here... What ever I 
noticed was not normal.
>From covering another story I know the feds like the Manassas airport for 
opps.
Regarding the "Dirt Box" story, I am thinking the US Marshalls were just 
trying to find a perp or two that had a burner phone, but unhad the legal 
authority to secure a warrant to use traditional methods of cell/wire 
tapping. The US Marshalls are some tough/smart dudes and know just how much 
they can get away with, they basically work with and for the judges with 
leeway to get their perp.
all just speculation...
Paul

-----Original Message----- 
From: Dewey3
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 2:38 PM
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PCWorld is now jumping on the same story:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/2848072/us-putting-fake-cell-towers-in-planes-to-spy-on-people-report-says.html#tk.nl_today

Dewey

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Blair Thompson <b_thom at juno.com> wrote:

> The "fake communications towers" meme has been a popular one recently. I
> don't know what to make of it.
>
> Faux cell towers are real, but fake intercept towers are phony
>
> http://www.wirelessestimator.com/breaking_news.cfm#faux
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------
> From: Merlin <merlin at merlinjacobs.com>
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Scan-DC] Secret US spy program targeted Americans' cellphones
> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 19:55:29 -0500
>
> Published November 13, 2014
>
> The Wall Street Journal
>
> The Justice Department is scooping up data from thousands of cellphones
> through fake communications towers deployed on airplanes,...
>
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