Back just a few short years ago, Bush admin was getting chewed out regarding the use of tracking people including cell phones without warrants in the name of "security." There was outrage, gnashing of teeth!

As a reminder, here's an article from 2005 from a left leaning website .

Jump ahead 5 years, and into a new administration.

The Obama admin is arguing in a court this week that they should be able to track cellphones WITHOUT warrants. From CNET . here's a bit from the article:

"...the Obama administration has argued that warrantless tracking is permitted because Americans enjoy no "reasonable expectation of privacy" in their--or at least their cell phones'--whereabouts. U.S. Department of Justice lawyers say that "a customer's Fourth Amendment rights are not violated when the phone company reveals to the government its own records" that show where a mobile device placed and received calls. Those claims have alarmed the ACLU and other civil liberties groups, which have opposed the Justice Department's request and plan to tell the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia that Americans' privacy deserves more protection and judicial oversight than what the administration has proposed."

At least the ACLU is unhappy with this, and they are at least consistent. But what about the news media's gnashing of teeth? And everyone else who yelled about Bush suggesting the same, and wanting to do the same? .......crickets......

politics...shameful politics...

Jordan .

And Obama has OKed the Patriot act extention-almost all the original features. It was about to expire. Now, of course you will hear or read no scathing attacks on Obama as you would (did) with Bush.