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Government to consider new authorization procedures for use of cell phone jammers

News | 07/09/2002 4:00 am EDT

The federal government has undertaken a review process that would give law enforcement and national security agencies the right to use radio jamming devices, on a limited basis, for security and protective functions. The objective of the summer-long review will be to come up with an alternative licensing process that would give these types of agencies the permanent right to use cell phone jammers.

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