CBS News Confirms That FBI Director
Lied To Congress About Carrier IQ Spying
December 17. 2011
FBI Director Robert S. Mueller
NOTE 3-8-17: This article has been updated with a
new link to an external website on the story. Please see
article excerpt and link below.
In the December 15, 2011 article The
FBI Caught Lying About Carrier IQ Spying the Judiciary Report
stated, the FBI is hiding the truth about Carrier IQ, when it denied a
Freedom of Information Act request on the software, with FBI Director Robert
S. Mueller deliberately lying to Congress stating they'd never even
contacted the company. A few hours later, CBS News and the Associated Press
confirmed Mueller was lying to Congress, via a former employee of Carrier
coming forward and stating the FBI had in fact contacted them about their
software.
The FBI continues its tradition of lying and deceit, then
wonders why the public doesn't trust them. Their well documented history of
forcing people to conceal the fact they are using them or their companies to
spy on others and or to obtain private records, is working against them in
this matter as well (Patriot Act and national security letter abuses
scandals, as seen in Congress).
The FBI's blanket spying on innocent people and criminals
alike is also not good for business, regarding the U.S. economy. Since the
website MuckRock broke the scandal, Carrier IQ, featured on 141,000,000
mobile phones, has been dropped by phone giant Sprint (source: Sprint
says it is disabling controversial Carrier IQ software). The
Judiciary Report believes law enforcement agencies should have the tools
they need to properly conduct investigations, but not a blank check to break
the law at innocent people's expense via privacy invasions.
Side Bar: Boy, Mueller was a busy boy this week,
lying in Congress about the
Death Of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry and Carrier IQ spying.
Lying in Congress is a crime.
STORY SOURCE
FBI contacted phone monitoring firm about software
(AP) WASHINGTON — December 15, 2011 6:25 PM - A senior
executive at a technology company that makes monitoring software secretly
installed on 141 million cellphones said Thursday that the FBI approached
the company about using its technology but was rebuffed. The disclosure came
one day after FBI Director Robert Mueller assured Congress that agents
"neither sought nor obtained any information" from the company,
Carrier IQ. The company's statement will likely inflame suspicion about the
monitoring tool and its usefulness to the U.S. government...
http://www.cbsnews.com
UPDATE 3-8-17: The CBS News article has been moved. However,
several other mainstream sites carry the article showing former FBI Director,
Robert S. Mueller, committed perjury via lying in Congress:
FBI contacted phone monitoring firm about software
Updated 12/15/2011 5:33:53 PM ET - WASHINGTON — A senior executive at a
technology company that makes monitoring software secretly installed on 141
million cellphones said Thursday that the FBI approached the company about using
its technology but was rebuffed. The disclosure came one day after FBI Director
Robert Mueller assured Congress that agents "neither sought nor obtained any
information" from the company, Carrier IQ.
The company's statement will likely inflame suspicion about the monitoring
tool and its usefulness to the U.S. government. Andrew Coward, vice president of
marketing for Carrier IQ of Mountain View, Calif., told The Associated Press
that the FBI is the only law enforcement agency that has contacted the company.
Coward would not say when, why or how often the FBI has reached out to Carrier
IQ, but he said the company is not working with the bureau. "There is no
relationship between us and the FBI," Coward said.
During an oversight hearing Wednesday, Mueller told the Senate Judiciary
Committee that the FBI "neither sought nor obtained any information from Carrier
IQ in any one of our investigations." Mueller was responding to a question by
Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., chairman of the committee's privacy and technology
panel, who has said collecting personal information from people's cellphones
could violate federal law...
http://www.nbcnews.com