“A records check revealed that shortly after receiving numerous calls in one night from the hostile co-worker, and prior to being reported missing, Bokslag purchased a handgun in Salt Lake County along with two boxes of ammunition,” the warrant says.
It’s the CALEA law that requires communication providers to cough up phone records to law enforcement upon request at the local level. At the federal level the providers just give the data to Uncle Sam regardless, because screw all of us.
Correct. As a telecommunications engineer, you needed to certify that CALEA capabilities were designed into your network.
Per Google AI: CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) is a U.S. law requiring telecom carriers (including broadband/VoIP) to build surveillance capabilities into their networks, enabling lawful interception by law enforcement with a court order, balancing national security with privacy rights, with the FCC and FBI overseeing compliance, including handling data delivery within days and strict security plans from providers
Isn’t it also true that banks like Chase and BofA also track “certain” transactions and report them? I seem to remember that Banks ratted out Jan 6 attendees via bank charges.