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Time to take the battery out of your cell phone
On Tuesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth District threw the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution out the window, ruling that police can track cell phone GPS data – and thus track you – without a warrant. The case of United States v. Skinner centered on a suspected drug trafficker who was tracked through his cell phone and arrested by the DEA. The Judge in the case, John Rogers said in his ruling, “Skinner did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the data emanating from his cell phone that showed its location.” He went on to say, “Law enforcement tactics must be allowed to advance with technological changes, in order to prevent criminals from circumventing the justice system.”
There are two ironies to this decision. One, the Supreme Court ruled in January that cops could not place GPS tracking on someone’s car without a warrant, so yesterday’s ruling affirms that cops can track cell phones but not cars. Two, the ruling comes on the heels of the discovery of TrapWire – the massive law enforcement surveillance system that is tracking every Americans’ whereabouts to detect terrorist threats. So, Judge Rogers’s worries about cops being able to circumvent the judicial system are unfounded.
Never before in history, has law enforcement had this much surveillance and technology to keep tabs on Americans.
-Thom
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Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 9pm and 11pm... Should Congress thank SCOTUS for low approval ratings? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT, and catch past shows on Youtube)
Need to Know: Should Congress thank SCOTUS for low approval ratings?- David Cobb, Move to Amend / Democracy Unlimited / Lawyer & political activist 
Screwed: PA disenfranchises almost 50% of all Philly voters...- Kathy Culliton-Gonzalez, Attorney / The Advancement Project
The Best of the Rest of the News...
Social Security turns 77, when will Congress grow up?- Adam Bitely, NetRightDaily.com
Daily Take: Why Ireland scrapped their voting machines...
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Wednesday on The Thom Hartmann Program, 3-6pm ET
In for Thom today, please welcome Dr. Mike Newcomb, host of The Mike Newcomb Show, weekdays 4-6pm PT on 1480 AM KPHX...the valley's progressive talk radio
Hour One: Why is the GOP holding the farm bill hostage?- Governor Tom Vilsack, Former Governor of Iowa & Spokesperson for Obama 2012 campaign
Hour Three: Healthcare...private vs. public- Ron Bailey, Reason magazine & Reason.com / Author-"Liberation Biology: The Moral and Scientific Case for the Biotech Revolution"
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Tuesday's Daily Stack 
Quote: "I believe in democracy, because it releases the energies of every human being." -- Woodrow T. Wilson.
Syndicated columnist & Democratic strategist Karl Frisch in for Thom today... 
Hour One: Campaign 2012 (& her upcoming show on Current)- Stephanie Miller, Host-The Stephanie Miller Show
Paul Ryan's BIG problem with progressives- John Nichols, The Nation Magazine
Hour Two: campaign 2012- Brad Woodhouse, United States Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Six Republicans Who Think Voters Should Not Be Able To Choose Their Own Senators- Ian Millhiser, Attorney / Center for American Progress Action Fund, ThinkProgress Justice
Hour Three: marriage equality- Brian Silva, Marriage Equality USA
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Watch & Listen to Thom
Watch the Full "Big Picture" Show...
Full Show 8/14/12: Wikileaks Uncovers TrapWire
Guest host Sam Sacks talks with Green Party Presidential candidate Jill Stein about the campaign, her party's platform and Romney's VP pick. Also discussed: why we should be concerned about the surveillance system TrapWire, Paul Ryan's union busting record in Wisconsin and mutated butterflies in Japan. In tonight's "Daily Take" Thom looks at why oil corporations have a privileged place in our economy and justice system.
Thom Hartmann on the News - August 14, 2012
Karl Frisch fills in for Thom Hartmann commenting on the news for Tuesday, August 14, 2012
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