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Fri 02 Feb 2010US seeks access to mobile calls
The US government argued today that it should be allowed access to people's cell-phone records to help track suspected criminals.
A Justice Department attorney urged a federal appeals court in Philadelphia to overturn lower court rulings denying it the right to seek information from communications companies about the call activity of specific numbers that authorities believe are associated with criminal activity.
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