FBI Employees Face Criminal Probe Over Patriot Act

DevanJedi writes "According to an article at Wired.com , several FBI agents are under investigation for illegally acquiring information an American citizens. Overzealous agents used 'misleading emergency letters' obtain phone records of thousands of Americans. This marks the first time government officers have been prosecuted for misuse of the Patriot Act. From the article: 'Unit employees, who are not authorized to request records in investigations, sent form letters to telephone companies to acquire detailed billing information on specific phone numbers by falsely promising that subpoenas were already in the works. According to a third source, FBI officials also said at the meeting that some bureau employees have already been granted immunity from prosecution in the investigation. The third source, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, did not recall, however, that FBI officials described the investigation as "criminal."'"

Comments

Re:Wow...just wow

[Anonymous Coward]

And then of course the Democrats are a little short on action.

Then you should be voting for them every time. What's better for the people, a governemnt that does a lot, or a government that does less? Even the Republicans say smaller governemnt (despite the actions of the last 3 Republican presidents being the opposite of that philosophy). So, since the Democrats are ineffective, that means they get less done. That can only be better for us.

Make government impotent, vote Democrat.

Re:What these FBI guys are doing is unforgivable.

[ResidntGeek]

What, do you expect the government to release a statement saying "Check it out guys, we stopped some terrorists who were trying to blow up three major metropolitan areas with nukes Russia lost track of back in '82... no need to panic, or grab all your guns and head for the hills, or start lynching brown people, kthxbye!"