WASHINGTON—The inspector general who oversees the Internal Revenue Service said he would open a review into the legal basis for the agency’s use of a commercial tool that allows the warrantless surveillance of mobile phones. In a letter to Capitol Hill shared with The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration J. Russel George said he was examining the agency’s use of software sold by Venntel Inc., a data company that caters to government clients in the intelligence, military and law...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 06, 2020 20:03 UTC