2 Studies Show More FBI Abuse of National Security Letter Authority
· Story link Two government audits show that the FBI has used administrative orders to obtain personal records of U.S.…
Two government audits show that the FBI has used administrative orders to obtain personal records of U.S. citizens during counterintelligence investigations and on at least one occasion obtained records that a special court had said was protected by the First Amendment. A Justice Department report said the FBI had abused its intelligence-gathering privileges in the way it used “national security letters” from 2003 to 2006. (3/14/08)