FBI Lied To Support Need For PATRIOT Act Expansion 396
I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "It probably won't surprise you, but in 2005, the FBI manufactured evidence to get the power to issue National Security Letters under the PATRIOT Act. Unlike normal subpoenas, NSLs do not require probable cause and you're never allowed to talk about having received one, leading to a lack of accountability that caused them to be widely abused. The EFF has discovered via FOIA requests that an FBI field agent was forced by superiors to return papers he got via a lawful subpoena, then demand them again via an NSL (which was rejected for being unlawful at the time), and re-file the original subpoena to get them back. This delay in a supposedly critical anti-terror investigation then became a talking point used by FBI Director Robert Mueller when the FBI wanted to justify their need for the power to issue National Security Letters."
National Security Letters in full: (Score:5, Funny)
share the pain (Score:4, Funny)
I'm jolly glad that I live in the United Kingd.......
oh.
Kids (Score:4, Funny)
Who put these kids in charge?
Re:A real danger (Score:3, Funny)
Re:National Security Letters in full: (Score:3, Funny)
BTW: STFU would be better letters because it doesn't duplicate the U. Though charging twice for the same letter sounds like a typical government thing too
Re:Perfect example (Score:4, Funny)
Re:A real danger (Score:5, Funny)
See how easy that was?
Re:A real danger (Score:3, Funny)
I can't argue with that, although I think "cynical" might be a more accurate description. Yet I still show up at the polls tilting at windmills every election.
Re:A real danger (Score:3, Funny)