[privacy] Report Says FBI Violated Patriot Act Guidelines

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via ABC News' "The Blotter".

[snip]

The FBI repeatedly failed to follow the strict guidelines of the Patriot
Act when its agents took advantage of a new provision allowing the FBI to
obtain phone and financial records without a court order, according to a
report to be made public Friday by the Justice Department's Inspector
General.

The report, in classified and unclassified versions, remains closely held,
but Washington officials who have seen it tell ABC News it documents
"numerous lapses" and describe it as "scathing" and "not a pretty picture
for the FBI."

FBI Director Robert Mueller is scheduled to brief Congress on the report at
noon.

The officials say the inspector general found the FBI underreported by at
least 20 percent the use of the controversial provision, known as National
Security Letters, NSLs, in required disclosures to Congress.

[snip]

More:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/03/exclusive_repor.html

- - ferg

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