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Judge Orders FBI to Release Abuse Records

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the watching-the-watchmen dept.

Spamicles writes "A judge has ordered the FBI to release agency records about its abuse of National Security Letters (NSLs) to collect Americans' personal information. The ruling came just a day after the EFF urged the judge to immediately respond in its lawsuit over agency delays. This is the same case in which an internal FBI audit found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years."

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  1. Re:Great! by hxnwix · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm sure that apathy like yours will get results.

    And while I'm at it, why don't you grow a brain.

  2. you mean Shrub: "Bring it on" dontcha? by Petkov · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    yeah. so mode me down. who give a damn

    --
    I got permanently modded -1 because I dared to question Israel on /.
  3. Re:That's it, yes. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Then again, I sometimes think that I have have cynicism down to an artform. Yes, I'm sure you're the epitome of cynicism and that your talents will enrich us for generations, and that soon we'll all be better off because of you...not that I really care, 'tho.