Privacy security

Senate Panel Concerned Over CIA Role in Domestic Cellphone Scanning

The top two lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pressing the Justice Department with concerns the Central Intelligence Agency helped domestic law enforcement develop technology to scan U.S. cellphones.

The letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, dated March 18 and made public Monday, cites a report in The Wall Street Journal earlier in March that said the U.S. Marshals Service, with the CIA, field-tested versions of the technology in the U.S. from 2004 to 2008.