IRS using Stingray spy system, senators demand to know why

By Rudy Takala
Published October 30, 2015 3:11pm ET
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IRS using Stingray spy system, senators demand to know why
In an Oct. 29 letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., asked what the IRS is doing with cell-site simulators known as Stingrays. (AP Photo) | Susan Walsh

Two senators want to know why the Internal Revenue Service appears to be spying on taxpayers.

In an Oct. 29 letter to Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and ranking member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., asked what the IRS is doing with cell-site simulators known as Stingrays.

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