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Homeland Security: Spy devices in Washington DC are tracking cellphone calls and messages

By Kelly Cohen, Katelyn Caralle
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Homeland Security: Spy devices in Washington DC are tracking cellphone calls and messages

The federal government is publicly acknowledging the existence of devices thought to be used by spies and criminals in the national’s capital to track individuals’ cellphones and intercept calls and messages.

The Department of Homeland Security, in a March 26 letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., obtained by the Washington Examiner said it identified unauthorized cell-site simulators in the Washington, D.C. metro area last year.

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