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friendly_iconoclast

(15,333 posts)
Sat May 23, 2015, 12:32 AM May 2015

Justice Department contradicts Attorney General Loretta Lynch's claims about Patriot Act

http://boingboing.net/2015/05/21/justice-department-report-cont.html

In the midst of the last-minute Congressional debate about whether to re-authorize Patriot Act Section 215, the Justice Department Inspector General (IG) released a long awaited report today on how the FBI has used (and abused) Section 215 for the past few years. Unfortunately, the report is heavily redacted so the law's use remains largely shrouded in secrecy, but one passage in the IG report is particularly revealing: It directly contradicts what Attorney General Loretta Lynch said just today about Section 215’s supposed importance.

As ACLU's Jameel Jaffer pointed out, one of the IG report's main conclusions is that FBI “did not identify any major case developments that resulted from use of the records obtained in response to Section 215 orders.”




Meanwhile, today Attorney General Loretta Lynch weighed in on the debate in Congress, claiming the exact opposite. She was quoted by CBS News as saying that if Patriot Act Section 215 expires: “[W]e lose important tools. I think that we lose the ability to intercept these communications, which have proven very important in cases that we have built in the past.” (emphasis mine)

So to sum up: the Justice Department’s own Inspector General said information collected under Section 215 did not lead to "any major case developments,” but the Attorney General said that Section 215 has “proven very important in cases that we have built.” Both statements cannot be true...


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Justice Department contradicts Attorney General Loretta Lynch's claims about Patriot Act (Original Post) friendly_iconoclast May 2015 OP
Well, well, well. Unknown Beatle May 2015 #1
Sounds like she is trying hard to be a tool nikto May 2015 #2
She is against legalizing marijuana and is very on board with civil forfeiture. So, yeah. djean111 May 2015 #3
Yet she had so much support here on DU while the GOPers were stonewalling her confirmation. Nuclear Unicorn May 2015 #4
Yeah, I would mention her stance on pot and civil forfeiture many many times, but djean111 May 2015 #5
Great punchline! nikto May 2015 #7
meanwhiles reddread May 2015 #6
 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
3. She is against legalizing marijuana and is very on board with civil forfeiture. So, yeah.
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:45 AM
May 2015

Not much difference. Plus, as usual, Wall Street will enjoy immunity from jail.

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
4. Yet she had so much support here on DU while the GOPers were stonewalling her confirmation.
Sat May 23, 2015, 07:53 AM
May 2015

Did somebody leave out the rule book on how to play 11th-dimensional chess where the GOP could find it?

 

djean111

(14,255 posts)
5. Yeah, I would mention her stance on pot and civil forfeiture many many times, but
Sat May 23, 2015, 08:43 AM
May 2015

evidently the ONLY thing about her that was relevant was Obama. I doubt the GOP cared, either, really, they just block everything. But I was mystified that she was a candidate that so many people were enthusiastic about.
Reminds me of the TPP support.

 

nikto

(3,284 posts)
7. Great punchline!
Mon May 25, 2015, 12:38 AM
May 2015

Nobody gets rolled these days like certain pathetic Dems who just need so much
to be fair, balanced and "moderate".

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