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Audit Finds FBI Abused Patriot Act
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."
I'm sorry, what? Show the man some respect? Why, because he was gay, or because he owned more sequins than broadway?
I don't think that someone whose singing (and come to think of it, wardrobe) is best described as a cross between Tom Jones and Frank N. Furter is particularly worthy of my respect, thankyouverymuch.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
As someone from outside the USA who recently witnessed a visit by Cheney I could tell the spirit of your constitution is being ignored - you elect your monarchs but it was still a visit by an unaccountable prince who expected to be treated with more pomp than our own royalty at every step. We even had to change our gun laws for his visit - ironic considering his recent history with firearms. Whoever comes after George III from whichever party has a lot of cleaning up to do, paticularly with situations like unaccountable spooks.