Cops May Be Intercepting Phone Calls, Text Messages Through Stingray Technology

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Local police in the U.S. may be intercepting phone calls or text messages to find suspects using a new technology tool known as Stingray. But they are refusing to turn over details about its use or heavily censoring files when they do. Stingray pretends it's a cellphone tower, secretly giving details of a phone's location and information about calls and text messages. Police say it is useful for catching criminals. But civil liberties experts worry it violates Americans' priva...