"And they keep telling me I'm free...": Thanks to the ACLU, as reported by the New York Times, we now know that "Counterterrorism agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation have conducted numerous surveillance and intelligence-gathering operations that involved, at least indirectly, groups active in causes as diverse as the environment, animal cruelty and poverty relief, newly disclosed agency records show."
posted by Hans Riemer at 10:46 AM
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Apparently RTV missed these comments in the same article:
"The officials say the National Security Agency's interception of a small number of communications between people within the United States was apparently accidental. But questions about the legal and operational oversight of the program last year prompted the administration to suspend aspects of it temporarily and put in place tighter restrictions on the procedures used to focus on suspects, said people with knowledge of the program. The judge who oversees the secret court that authorizes intelligence warrants - and which has been largely bypassed by the program - also raised concerns about aspects of the program.
The concerns led to a secret audit, which did not reveal any abuses in focusing on suspects or instances in which purely domestic communications were monitored, said officials familiar with the classified findings."
Way to present the whole story and be Non-Partisan.
By the way, both Clinton and Carter signed executive orders that allowed the Attorney General to do searches without court approval.
Clinton
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/eo/eo-12949.htm
Carter
http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/eo12139.htm
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By the way, both Clinton and Carter signed executive orders that allowed the Attorney General to do searches without court approval.
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Proof positive that it's a horrible idea, no?
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The concerns led to a secret audit, which did not reveal any abuses in focusing on suspects or instances in which purely domestic communications were monitored, said officials familiar with the classified findings.
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Gee, a secret audit which the public undoubtedly can't inspect done by officials who, for all we know, could be the same people running the spy program itself. Now I feel better.
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