As long as such software is unavailable, it could be difficult for the agency to secure court orders to execute the third of three strikes, which would cut off Internet access.
The city claims that the structures had been erected without proper permits, but, in the months leading up to the demolition, several business owners, fearing what was to come, managed to secure court decisions affirming their buildings' right to exist.
In his letter, Mr. Markey sought data from the cellphone carriers on the number of requests for help they have received from law enforcement officials in cell tracking and surveillance operations, their policies on whether they require the authorities to secure court warrants, the use of cellphone surveillance in nonemergencies, the fees they charge the police and other information.
Even when a child is traced, it takes months to "process" the case: to verify identities, to find birth certificates and other documents (most parents ran from the fighting with photos, not documents) and to secure court approval to hand the child back to its family.Despite the low rate of reunification, the FTU is a place of hope for mothers.
Baker said the test of engaging in "conduct capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to any person", which has long been used to secure court injunctions in noisy neighbour cases in social housing, would continue to be used and extended to the private housing sector, but would not be used as a general test.
She has taken the case to try to secure court orders to cancel the on-the-run scheme and discover whether anyone suspected of the Shankill bombing in which nine Protestant civilians were killed has received one of the comfort letters.
The federal government has lately made a habit of securing court orders to force bad ones to accept intrusive monitoring.
Several swanky malls in the city centre subsequently secured court orders to bar suspicious-looking youths from entry.Mall-owners and shopkeepers have reason to be wary.
A day after MF Global's bankruptcy trustee hinted he might sue top executives for "negligent conduct," his separate plan to liquidate the firm secured court approval, ushering in a final phase of a case that rattled Wall Street and prompted a federal investigation.
The authorities have moved in on Mong Kok after local businesses secured court injunctions against the disruption to their businesses.
