DoJ report critical of FBI Patriot Act abuse
Topeka Capital-Journal
03/08/07
A blistering Justice Department report accuses the FBI of underreporting its use of the Patriot Act to force businesses to turn over customer information in terrorism cases, according to officials familiar with its findings. The report, to be released Friday, also says the FBI failed to send follow-up subpoenas to telecommunications firms that were told to expect them, according to several government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the report by the Justice Department’s inspector general had not yet been released...
http://tinyurl.com/35hqgl
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Report Says FBI Violated Patriot Act Guidelines
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.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907J.shtml
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Justice Dept.: FBI Misused Patriot Act
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about people in the United States, a Justice Department audit concluded Friday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17264.htm
03/08/07
A blistering Justice Department report accuses the FBI of underreporting its use of the Patriot Act to force businesses to turn over customer information in terrorism cases, according to officials familiar with its findings. The report, to be released Friday, also says the FBI failed to send follow-up subpoenas to telecommunications firms that were told to expect them, according to several government officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the report by the Justice Department’s inspector general had not yet been released...
http://tinyurl.com/35hqgl
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
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Report Says FBI Violated Patriot Act Guidelines
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.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/030907J.shtml
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Justice Dept.: FBI Misused Patriot Act
By LARA JAKES JORDAN
The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about people in the United States, a Justice Department audit concluded Friday.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17264.htm
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