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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. Great! by Sunburnt · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sure this'll get results. The current executive branch has been pretty respectful of legislative and judicial checks on its power thus far.

    And while I'm at it, I'd really like a pony.

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  2. For the love of god noooooooooo by Timesprout · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ice Ice Baby was bad enough the first time it was released.

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    1. Re:For the love of god noooooooooo by dangitman · · Score: 4, Funny

      Ice Ice Baby was bad enough the first time it was released.

      You mean "Under Pressure"?

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  3. obligatory by eneville · · Score: 1, Funny

    in soviet america fbi find you!!

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  4. What the Guys at the FBI just heard by JamesRose · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Judge orders FBI to Abuse Reports"

  5. The judge... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...will probably now find that his phones will be tapped for the rest of his life, his mail will arrive having been tampered with, and everywhere he drives, he'll always be followed around by a dark blue Ford Crown Vic with US Govt plates containing a pair of large, frowning, square-jawed men wearing cheap dark suits and sunglasses and earphone wires running down their necks into their jackets.