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FBI Continues To Operate Spy-planes Without Warrants Despite Federal Rule Change

FBI Director Comey has brazenly admitted to Congress that his Bureau is actively subverting the Fourth Amendment as well as the Department of Justice when fielding these powerful surveillance tools.

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By Sam Richards | North Star Post
This FBI surveillance plane flew over the Twin Cities several times. Surveillance equipment and its power cord can be seen on the fuselage. Photo: John Zimmerman/Star Tribune

Updated on October 29th following revelations on surveillance technology capabilities. Follow Sam on Twitter. In a press release from September 3, the Department of Justice (DoJ) announced new "department-wide" rules for the operation of cell-site simulators such as the infamous Stingray device. These devices are commonplace during FBI

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DEA Operating Surveillance Aircraft Fleet Over U.S. And Abroad

New evidence indicates that the FBI is not the only federal agency using aircraft to conduct surveillance on Americans.

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By Sam Richards | North Star Post
N1338B - DEA Surveillance Aircraft registered to fake company.

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is operating a fleet of surveillance aircraft over locations within the United States as well as “foreign environments,” according to Jeffrey Stramm special agent in charge of DEA aviation division. The Administration does not “get warrants for public space surveillance,” Stramm said in

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