FBI Admits “Misusing” Patriot Act
by Jeff Davis
You know all those draconian new “security laws” that were brought in after 9/11? Remember Dubya and Cheney and Rush Limbaugh swearing to us all on a stack of Bibles that they would never, ever be misused against ordinary Americans? There was always the implication that the Patriot Act would only be used against wicked, dark-skinned Muslims? Well, SER-PRISE, SER-PRISE!!
A Yahoo news article reports that “The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA Patriot Act to secretly obtain personal information about people in the United States…. And for three years the FBI has underreported to Congress how often it forced businesses to turn over the customer data….FBI agents sometimes demanded the data without proper authorization, according to the 126-page audit by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine. At other times, the audit found, the FBI improperly obtained telephone records in non-emergency circumstances.” (more…)