His legacy is marred by invasions of electronic privacy and prosecutions of nonviolent hackers.
Still, Mr. Aguilar and other officials acknowledge, the new fencing has mainly proved useful when it has been backed up with other enforcement methods, like electronic surveillance and aggressive prosecution of illegal immigrants caught by the Border Patrol.
In the 1960s and '70s the Supreme Court sought to protect individuals from "unreasonable searches and seizures" by circumscribing prosecution based on electronic surveillance.
The electronic evidence might be insufficient for prosecution.
The prosecution presented 12 pages of electronic records that were gathered from emails, photos, text messages, web browser histories gathered from James Holmes' iPhone, iPod touch, tablets and computers during the course of the investigation, according to The Denver Post.
Since 9/11, the government has used the monitoring of electronic communication to bring more than 200 prosecutions against people suspected of providing material support to terrorist organizations.
If a 21st-century prosecution service is to be delivered, the electronic file needs to be its main currency.
The prosecution's case appears to centre on electronic fingerprints left by phones, and is not expected to draw heavily on witnesses.
It took almost a year, and a number of motions filed by Randolph, before the prosecution turned over the 9 gigabytes of electronic evidence it had accumulated, so the defense could prepare its case.
It took almost a year and a number of motions filed by Randolph before the prosecution turned over the nine gigabytes of electronic evidence it had accumulated so the defense could prepare its case.
