A Missouri federal judge ruled the FBI did not need a warrant to secretly attach a GPS monitoring device to a suspect’s car to track his public movements for two months.

The ruling, upholding federal theft and other charges, is one in a string of decisions nationwide supporting warrantless GPS surveillance. Last week’s decision comes as the Supreme Court is expected to rule on the issue within months in an unrelated case.

The ruling from Magistrate David Noce mirrored the Obama administration position before the Supreme Court during oral arguments on the topic in November. In short, defendant...

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There's something about a new laptop that's pretty special — at least for those of us who care about such things. It's kind of like buying a new car. The paint is shiny and unscratched, it performs better than the old jalopy you traded in, it probably gets better mileage, there are no McDonald's wrappers thrown on the back seat and you have the reassurance of knowing that repairs are covered by a warranty for a few years instead of coming out of your pocket. Has that new car smell too. Apple trots out shiny new MacBook Pros every year, and e...