FBI admits abuse of Patriot Act
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All Financial Times NewsThe Bush administration misused its authority and improperly obtained personal information about people in the US on hundreds of occasions, according to a report released by a US Justice Department watchdog.
Robert Mueller, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said he was to be held accountable for the abuses, which involved the improper use of so-called national security letters, which allowed the FBI to obtain personal information, including telephone, banking, and e-mail records.
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AGAIN: Why does this NOT SURPRISE ME????
a year ago or so this was a major concern. we all pondered whether it was Constitutional. we were mildly appalled by the telephone taps. all, the President assured us, we legal. the pubs swore this was all necessary and anyone who argued was just an unamerican liberal.
then we forgot.
well, here we are again. what are we going to forget about tomorrow?
My guess is the Holocaust. Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it. That sort of thing.
have we forgotten Git Mo? or Afghanistan? or Bin Laden?
have we forgotten New Orleans?
The short answer is: YES.
we are a country full of idiotic airheads.
currently all we really know is Libby is guilty and awaiting his pardon AND the dems with all their grand actions will not get us out of iraq unless they win the presidency--and then that president will most likely pull a LBJ if only because we trusted him/her and because we forgot.
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