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If You Can't Subpoena It, Buy It

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"Numerous federal and local law enforcement agencies have bypassed subpoenas and warrants designed to protect civil liberties and gathered Americans' personal telephone records from private-sector data brokers," AP reports today. This doesn't surprise me, because ex-GovExec staffer and current National Journal writer Shane Harris reported more than two years ago on how much data agencies were buying from private data aggregator ChoicePoint.

Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.

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