Is GPS a High-Tech Crime-Fighting Tool or Big Brother?
CNN
August 18, 2008
Is it a high-tech crime fighting tool or Big Brother? CNN's Kate Bolduan reports on secret warrantless use of Global Positioning Satellite transmitters by police. NACDL member Chris Leibig and Executive Director Norman Reimer explain that the warrant requirement protects the innocent, and if the police have a “good reason” to use GPS tracking devices on private vehicles, a court order is not difficult to obtain.