EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations (FOIA Docs)

[kpete]

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation


EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations
News Update by Mark Rumold

EFF has uncovered widespread violations stemming from FBI intelligence investigations from 2001 - 2008. In a report released today, http://www.eff.org/pages/patterns-misconduct-fbi-intelligence-violations EFF documents alarming trends in the Bureau’s intelligence investigation practices, suggesting that FBI intelligence investigations have compromised the civil liberties of American citizens far more frequently, and to a greater extent, than was previously assumed.

Using documents obtained through EFF's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation, the report finds:
https://www.eff.org/foia/intelligence-agencies-misconduct

• Evidence of delays of 2.5 years, on average, between the occurrence of a violation and its eventual reporting to the Intelligence Oversight Board

• Reports of serious misconduct by FBI agents including lying in declarations to courts, using improper evidence to obtain grand jury subpoenas, and accessing password-protected files without a warrant

• Indications that the FBI may have committed upwards of 40,000 possible intelligence violations in the 9 years since 9/11

Read more: http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/eff-releases-report-detailing-fbi-intelligence

[Solly Mack]

1. k/r

[glinda]

2. K & R n/t

[hootinholler]

3. When will we see this on the NEWS? n/t

[Uncle Joe]

4. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, kpete.

[BeFree]

5. A Conspiracy?

No way.... right? Or way... right?

[KoKo]

6. Kick...we have to hope that kicking these stories will one day lead to prosecutions...down the road.

But, it seems that Eric Holder and the rest are "too far gone" to even bother.

Maybe SOME DAY. But, let's keep a record of all of this.

[BeFree]

7. Well, koko

Imagine if McSrewhead had been put in the White house.... we'd be raising hell wouldn't we? A revolution even?

They knew their best course of action and coverup was to throw us a bone.