The new section, which police officials say is focused squarely and exclusively on criminals and criminal groups, has so far given civil libertarians little pause.
Both companies sell spyware to governments that they say is used exclusively for criminal investigations, but mounting evidence suggests that their spyware has been used to monitor dissidents.
U.S. states, while they may have some justifications for asserting extraterritorial jurisdiction, almost exclusively limit criminal jurisdiction to the territorial basis.
All of the foregoing constitutional provisions apply exclusively to criminal matters.
Bills in Alaska, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, North Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin all seek to do away with civil forfeiture by tying the process exclusively to criminal convictions.
Many say ideal legislation would eliminate civil forfeiture entirely and tie the process exclusively to criminal proceedings.
The ATF and SFMO stated that because in their view this was exclusively a criminal investigation, there could be only one version of what occurred and one report.
By focusing exclusively on criminal justice, Keller said, the project could be "a jump ahead of the rest of the press [on a story like the Michael Brown shooting] in identifying the issues that are at the heart of it".
But it's a mistake to think she exclusively serves criminals.
