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Re:New documents reveal scale of US Government’s cell phone ... by VistaBrokeMyPC on Monday July 18, 2022 @11:06PM (#32147079)
That "court order" is from the FISA court, which may as well be a monkey with a rubber stamp. We learned that from the Snowden documents too.
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Re:New documents reveal scale of US Government’s cell phone ... by lern_too_spel on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @10:09PM (#32160515)
No, we learned that they were approved at roughly the same rate as other search court orders. Investigators aren't going to spend the time making an application for a court order unless it has a very high chance of being granted.

https://www.quora.com/What-percent-of-law-enforcement-search...

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Re:New documents reveal scale of US Government’s cell phone ... by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @06:34AM (#32149699)
They only call it a court for marketing reasons. It's basically just an internal review process.
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