The FBI is investigating whether warrantlessly tracking boats via GPS is legal in a post- Jones world. Thomas Hawk On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a formal legal complaint against the FBI in an attempt to compel the agency to release two GPS tracking-related memos. In July, the ACLU requested two memos under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that the FBI wrote in February. The memos came as a result of the Supreme Court decision in the Jones v. United States case, which established that the government had no right to place a GPS tracking device without a warrant on a suspect’s car. However, other types of high-tech surveillance and monitoring continues by law enforcement on a nearly daily basis around the country.

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ACLU to FBI: Tell the public how you interpret GPS tracking ruling