flipper wrote:

That, btw, does not mean I necessarily object to the way cell pone
records were used in the 'bank robber' case but I strongly object to
the argument being used to justify it.

Tracking time and location of calls bothers you?
Read this.
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1029_3-6140191.html
"mobile providers can remotely install a piece of software on to any
handset, without the owner's knowledge, which will activate the
microphone even when its owner is not making a call."