Metadata used to clear police suspects

By David Wroe and Sarah Whyte
Updated November 2 2014 - 10:08am, first published 12:00am

Police have backed the federal government's controversial metadata laws, saying they were able to use phone data to quickly clear the parents of Brisbane boy Daniel Morcombe of suspicion in his disappearance.

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