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FBI violated the law, mislead judges, and got caught! |
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by Philip Shenon (NY Times via Sascha)
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23 Aug 2002
Modified: 02:11:31 PM |
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The FBI has been routinely violating the law -- over 75 cases have now been identified by the government's own oversight court. These cases point to new efforts by the U.S. government to circumvent 4th Ammendment protections. |
Exerpts from: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/national/23FBI.html
"WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 — The nation's secret intelligence court has identified more than 75 cases in which it says it was misled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in documents in which the bureau attempted to justify its need for wiretaps and other electronic surveillance, according to the first of the court's rulings to be released publicly.
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In essence, the court said that the F.B.I. and the Justice Department were violating the law by allowing information gathered from intelligence eavesdrops to be used freely in bringing criminal charges, without court review, and that criminal investigators were improperly directing the use of counterintelligence wiretaps." |
See also:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/23/national/23FBI.html
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In the FISA's Own Words |
by ML
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Current rating: 0
23 Aug 2002
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Read the opinion at this link:
http://cryptome.org/fisa051702.htm |
