FBI Search Abuses Could Number Thousands

[babylonsister]

FBI Search Abuses Could Number Thousands
Infractions Occurred During Bureau's Use of Warrantless Records Searches
By JASON RYAN
April 16, 2008


The FBI may have committed as many as 6,400 intelligence violations in the course of its use of national security letters, Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine told lawmakers Tuesday.

National security letters allow FBI investigators to obtain personal records such as Internet, phone and financial information without going first to a judge for a warrant.

Fine explained the method his office used to estimate the number of violations.

"The FBI's 10 percent review of field office NSLs found at least 640 potential intelligence violations from 2003 through 2006," Fine told members of a House Judiciary subcommittee.

"Extrapolating the results of the FBI's 10 percent statistical sample to the full number of NSLs means that the total number of possible intelligence violations among all NSLs issued over the four-year period could be as high as 6,400," Fine continued.

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http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/DOJ/story?id=4661216&page=1

[Supersedeas]

1. where in the world is the accountability?

[babylonsister]

2. Maybe Mr. Fine will see to it that there is some.

These things take time! :eyes:

[whistler162]

4. renditioned....

n/t

[L. Coyote]

3. Remember, this is the fox reporting how many chickens the fox has eaten.

Chickens can't trust the fox to police the fox.

Give us the names of whose rights were violated. That would be justice.
But, hey, pretend there are no chickens and there is no problem! :sarcasm: