• Report Says FBI Illegally Collected Phone Records from 2002 to 2006
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[quote] WASHINGTON -- The FBI violated the law in collecting thousands of U.S. telephone records during the Bush administration, The Washington Post reported Monday. Citing internal memos and interviews, the Post said the FBI invoked nonexistent terrorism emergencies or persuaded phone companies to provide information as it illegally gathered more than 2,000 records between 2002 and 2006. The bureau said in 2007 that it had improperly obtained some phone records, and the Justice Department inspector general is expected to release a report this month detailing the extent of the problem. FBI general counsel Valerie Caproni told the Post that agents technically violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which was enacted in 1986, by citing nonexistent emergencies to collect records. "We should have stopped those requests from being made that way," she said. Documents obtained by the Post show that FBI managers as high as the assistant director level approved the emergency requests. Caproni said FBI Director Robert Mueller did not know about the requests until late 2006 or early 2007, after the inspector general's investigation had begun. Caproni told the Post that the bureau will await the inspector general's report before deciding whether disciplinary action is warranted. [/quote] [url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/19/report-fbi-illegally-collected-phone-records/]Source[/url] :911:
Who cares? OH NOES GOVERNMENT STEALIN MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS!!! And then everyone is in an uproar when a terrorist tries to blow up a plane in Detroit. Great source by the way. Fox News.
[QUOTE=lulzbocks;19718890]Who cares? OH NOES GOVERNMENT STEALIN MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS!!! And then everyone is in an uproar when a terrorist tries to blow up a plane in Detroit. Great source by the way. Fox News.[/QUOTE] it's actually The Washington Post, dipshit. The Fox Website had their report on there.
Not surprised at all, i guess i wouldn't really call it news.
Me being european gives me the oppotunity to point and laugh at you guys, and your paranoid goverment.
We've known this for a while now..tbh. These allegations aren't new, plus they been busted before. [QUOTE=Tools;19718933]Me being european gives me the oppotunity to point and laugh at you guys, and your paranoid goverment.[/QUOTE] Your gov't does it to most likely. What kinda gov't would it be if it didn't?
[QUOTE=Tools;19718933]Me being european gives me the oppotunity to point and laugh at you guys, and your paranoid goverment.[/QUOTE] A European is laughing at American government? That's a first.
[QUOTE=Adsone;19718963]A European is laughing at American government? That's a first.[/QUOTE] It's only Britain where the government is insane.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;19719279]It's only Britain where the government is insane.[/QUOTE] Not really
So? If people have nothing to hide, why should they care? [editline]06:27AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Tools;19718933]Me being european gives me the oppotunity to point and laugh at you guys, and your paranoid goverment.[/QUOTE] Wasnt the guy arrested for a 'thought crime' in the uk?
[QUOTE=Trotsky;19719287]Not really[/QUOTE] In Europe, Britain is at least the best [i]example[/i] of a government gone too far. I should have worded myself better.
[QUOTE=lulzbocks;19718890]Who cares?[/QUOTE] Uhm anyone who thinks the law should be obeyed.
FBI's going to van themselves
I wish I could say I was surprised. Bush did more damage to civil rights in this country than any terrorist could ever hope to achieve, and nobody will ever hold him or Cheney accountable for it.
[QUOTE=lulzbocks;19718890]Who cares? OH NOES GOVERNMENT STEALIN MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS!!! And then everyone is in an uproar when a terrorist tries to blow up a plane in Detroit.[/QUOTE] Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin.
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