For decades, the government has used the Third Party Doctrine to obtain massive amounts of phone records without a warrant.
Even prior to the creation of the Third Party Doctrine by the Supreme Court in 1979, government agencies were obtaining phone records using pen register requests that provided them with info on numbers called and the length of the calls. This method, however, required the government to supply some information of its own: specifically, a targeted source phone number phone companies could use to search for call metadata.
Ron Wyden Wants To Know Why The DEA Still Has On-Demand Access To Trillions Of Phone Records
Day: November 30, 2023
Offshore discoveries turn tiny Guyana into oil hotspot
Oct 23 (Reuters) – Chevron (CVX.N) has agreed to buy smaller rival Hess (HES.N) in a $53 billion all-stock deal that will help the oil major secure a foothold in oil-rich Guyana.
The deal makes Chevron a partner with Exxon (XOM.N) in Guyana’s booming oilfields, which are expected to generate 1.2 million barrels of oil per day by 2027.
Hess is part of a consortium, including Exxon Mobil Corp and CNOOC (0883.HK), that operates in Guyana and has made more than 30 discoveries in the country’s offshore waters since 2015. Exxon had a 45% stake in the consortium with Hess owning 30% and CNOOC having a 25% stake.
FACTBOX Offshore discoveries turn tiny Guyana into oil hotspot
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