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Audit Finds FBI Abused Patriot Act

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the watching-the-watchers dept.

happyslayer writes to mention that according to Yahoo! News a recent audit shows that the FBI has improperly and in some cases illegally utilized the Patriot Act to obtain information. "The audit by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine found that FBI agents sometimes demanded personal data on individuals without proper authorization. The 126-page audit also found the FBI improperly obtained telephone records in non-emergency circumstances. The audit blames agent error and shoddy record-keeping for the bulk of the problems and did not find any indication of criminal misconduct. Still, 'we believe the improper or illegal uses we found involve serious misuses of national security letter authorities,' the audit concludes."

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  1. Re:no surprise there by Rob+the+Bold · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's probably because that judge knows a load of bullshit when he hears it. I mean, seriously, he decided to search the trunk because he noticed an exhaust leak?!?! Give me a break.

    There could've been deadly metal-burrowing acid moles in there. Those devils will dissolve the flesh right offa yer bones. That perp was a lucky S.O.B. that the cop was so observant.

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  2. Re:no surprise there by Rude+Turnip · · Score: 5, Funny

    "That's probably because that judge knows a load of bullshit when he hears it."

    The judge was probably pissed because his regular delivery didn't arrive :-)

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  3. Re:What are the chances... by j-turkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    In fact that's part of the PATRIOT act: You're not even allowed to find out if they've been abusing the act. Whistleblowing abuses of the PATRIOT act is a crime under the PATRIOT act.

    The first rule of the USA PATRIOT act is that you do not talk about the USA PATRIOT act...

    ;)

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  4. Re:And yesterday Captain America was shot to death by Peter+Trepan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Don't drag Cheney into this. Yes, he was hunting again, but he was hundreds of miles away when Captain America was shot.

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  5. Re:What are the chances... by StarfishOne · · Score: 5, Funny

    Section 1984 of Chapter 15 of the US Code

    One has to love all those tiny synchronicities that are floating by in this funny Universe.. ;)