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FBI Accidentally Received Unauthorized E-Mail Access
AmishElvis writes "The New York Times reports that 'glitch' gave the F.B.I. access to the e-mail messages from an entire computer network. A hundred or more accounts may have been accessed, rather than 'the lone e-mail address' that was approved by a secret intelligence court as part of a national security investigation. The episode was disclosed as part of a new batch of internal documents that the F.B.I. turned over to the Electronic Frontier Foundation, as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit the group has brought."
This just goes to show that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies will do ANYTHING that they are allowed to do. Give them an inch and they'll take a mile. They will abuse the authority and law enforcement tools given to them until they are finally reigned in. Look how they are using tazers to tame nonviolent drunks. They are basically torturing our own citizens into submitting to 'authority' now. That is unacceptable to me. This is why we shouldn't have a national ID card. This is why the mislabeled 'patriot' act was a bad idea. This is why we shouldn't have a national DNA database. This is why you should not submit to being fingerprinted or having your DNA taken unless they have a warrant. Sure it is only to 'help' their investigation, but the only way it would really help is if they found or planted a match. Cops will search through your trash. They will follow you for days waiting for you to discard a coffee cup so they can get your DNA. Watch Forensic Files or Law and Order. Those shows probably paint a rosy picture compared to the dirty underbelly of real law enforcement.