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As of October, FBI To Allow Warrantless Investigations

Posted by timothy on from the oh-that-pesky-4th-amendment dept.

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "Attorney General Michael Mukasey has agreed to allow Congressional hearings, but not to delay, the implementation of new FBI regulations that would allow them to spy on American citizens who are not suspected of any crime. As an editorial in the New York Times points out, this is a power that has a history of abuse. In times past, it was used to wiretap Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and to spy on other civil rights and anti-war protesters." As Dekortage points out, "Several senators have formally complained that citizens could be investigated 'without any basis for suspicion,' which the Justice Department denies."

6 of 574 comments (clear)

  1. Re:WWJD by jollyreaper · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think if you told Thomas Jefferson that the United States would be up to this sort of thing, someone would have gotten a musket ball to the chest.

    I think his reaction would have been more along the lines of "Goodness, what is that peculiar blue box you stepped out of?"

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  2. Re:Fascist America, in 10 easy steps by commandlinegamer · · Score: 3, Funny

    [quote]my source is Roger Moore[/quote] You've got the inside scoop from James Bond ?!

  3. Re:We should start encrypting everything by furball · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am a criminal. That's why I use encryption. Same reason I have a gun.

  4. Re:We should start encrypting everything by Ortega-Starfire · · Score: 5, Funny

    Criminals of the USA unite! All we have to lose are our freedoms. Wait, we lost those already. Unite!

    Guns, check
    Knives, check
    Crypto, check
    Copy of constitution and laminated ten command- er amendments, check
    Internet connection, check

    Go! Go! Go!

    Am I missing anything?

    Oh yes:

    Law abiding citizens of the USA unite! All we have to lose are our freedoms. Wait, we lost those already. Unite!

    Guns, check
    Knives, check
    Crypto, check
    Copy of constitution and laminated ten command- er amendments, check
    Internet connection, check

    Go! Go! Go!

    Am I missing anything?

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  5. Re:WWJD by Palshife · · Score: 5, Funny

    He's an American. He'd ask about the DeLorean ;)

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  6. Ob. Bash by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stormrider: I should bomb something
    Stormrider: ...and it's off the cuff remarks like that that are the reason I don't log chats
    Stormrider: Just in case the FBI ever needs anything on me
    Elzie_Ann: I'm sure they can just get it from someone who DOES log chats.
    *** FBI has joined #gamecubecafe
    FBI: We saw it anyway.
    *** FBI has quit IRC (Quit: )