Thursday, March 6, 2008

FBI Obtained Personal Data On Americans With NSLs

Just as we suspected.

Wonder what they plan on doing with it?

This is clearly abuse of power. Where are the Impeachment hearings?

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New FBI Privacy Violations Confirmed
By Lara Jakes Jordan
The Associated Press

Wednesday 05 March 2008

Washington - FBI Director Robert Mueller says an upcoming Justice Department report will show the bureau improperly used national security letters to obtain personal data on Americans during terror and spy investigations.

Mueller says the report focuses on national security letters issued only in 2006 - a year before the FBI enacted sweeping new reforms to prevent future lapses.

Mueller's comments Wednesday morning in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee came just days before the Justice Department's inspector general is scheduled to release the follow-up to a similar audit in 2007.

Last year's report found that over a three-year period, the FBI had demanded personal data on people from banks, telephone and Internet providers and credit bureaus without official authorization and in non-emergency circumstances.


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