I mean, what could go wrong? It’s the government!
PHILADELPHIA – Should the government be able to track your movements based on cell phone records, without evidence of criminal wrongdoing?
A legal showdown on the closely watched issue unfolded Friday in a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, as the Justice Department battled electronic privacy groups.
The Justice Department wants to get the cell-phone location information without showing probable cause of a crime. Opponents say the data could show when someone visits a church, medical clinic or political rally.
Story continues below ↓advertisement | your ad hereAppellate Judge Dolores Sloviter wondered aloud what a rogue government might do with such information.
Republican dogma is that government can’t be trusted for one second to do anything right about education, health care, business regulation, and so on.
But they do love Big Brother.