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Army Admits Its Agents "Exceeded Their Authority" In Surveilling Academic Conference |
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by Secrecy News
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25 Mar 2004
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INSCOM: ARMY INTEL AGENTS EXCEEDED THEIR AUTHORITY |
Army intelligence officers who asked the University of Texas
Law School to provide them with a roster of attendees at a
recent conference, in order to identify a "suspicious"
participant in the conference, exceeded their authority,
according to an internal investigation conducted by the Army's
Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM).
The investigation followed news reports about the incident,
including a March 9 Wall Street Journal story.
"INSCOM's review concluded that the special agents and their
detachment commander exceeded their authority by requesting
information about individuals who were not within the Army's
counterintelligence investigative jurisdiction," according to
a March 12 news release. See:
http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2004/03/inscom031204.pdf
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