Just in time for this week’s Senate intelligence committee’s fight over telecom immunity: Verizon disclosed to three Democratic lawmakers that it turned over subscriber information, such as IP addresses or phone records, to the FBI in emergency situations more than 720 times. In making such warrant-free demands of Verizon — and surely other telecommunications companies — the FBI wanted not just information on whom the target of its investigation contacted, but also the people whom the contacts contacted.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179616