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Drug Enforcement Administration: Cell-site Simulator

Agency Drug Enforcement Administration
Location El Paso, TX
Technology Cell-site Simulator
Vendor Harris Corp.

According to records obtained by the ACLU, the Drug Enforcement Administration El Paso Division purchased $412,871 in cell-site simulator equipment from Harris Corporation in 2013, "including upgrading three Stingray I and Stingray II cell site simulators used by its El Paso and Albuquerque offices to the newer Hailstorm model."

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Devices that masquerade as legitimate cell-phone towers to surveillance people's phones.