US govt pays AT and T to let cops search Americans' phone records – 'usually' without a warrant

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US government pays AT&T to let cops search phone records
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Phone records are the property of the operating company. It's a business record. Every operating company has a compliance manager who works to provide legal access to the company's business records. Of course, the effort to do that costs money for the company. But, for a company to allow access to its business records without a legal subpoena, means that the operating company is not run worth shit.

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