Franken Asks DOJ About Cellphone Data Collection
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., asked Attorney General Eric Holder several questions about a recent report about the U.S. government collecting consumer cellphone information by attaching devices to airplanes to mimic cellphone towers. “What types of information (e.g., phone metadata, location,…
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emails, files, and photos) are collected from phones?” Franken asked in the Tuesday letter. “What types of data are retained by the government using this program, both from phones of targets and innocent Americans? What is the effectiveness of this program? Please be specific about the number of fugitives who have been detained as a direct result of this technology.” Franken chairs the Judiciary Privacy Subcommittee.