Future, to our programming, with events such as this, while fostering a free press worldwide. For more information about the National Press club, please visit our website at press. Org. On behalf of our members worldwide, id like to welcome our speaker, and those of you attending todays event. Our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. I note that members of the general public are attending as well, so its not necessarily evidence of a lack of journalistic operative if theres applause. I welcome our cspan and public radio audiences. Follow the action on twitter using the ncp lunch. After our guest speech concludes, well have a questionandanswer period. I will ask as many questions as time permits. Now its time to introduce our head table guests. Id like each of you to stand briefly as your name is announced. From your right, thomas sanchez, founder and ceo. Jamila bay, free lance journalist. Michelle, u. S. Economy reporter at blo
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This week on the communicators, we want to explore what those changes may mean two different groups. Joining us here on our washington d. C. Site is Gregory Nojeim at the center for democracy and technology. What is the current law when it comes to Law Enforcement and emails and cell phones . Guest the short answer is that is confused and the longer answer is for email that is less than 180 days old Law Enforcement need to warrant for email more than 180 years old, it is just a subpoena, so theres no Judicial Intervention, no High Standard of proof. For documents you store in the clouds, if you store something with google docs and come back and edit it, that is available with a subpoena. Cell phones, there is no statutory provision about location information. So the courts have been in different places. Some say if it is realtime location, for that they need a warrant. Others say this gps location for that they need a warrant. There is not a clear rule yet for cell phone. Host what are
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