Criminal institution, the FBI, disregarded court on private records

Criminal FBI again disregards court's objections!

The FBI twice disregarded a secret court's constitutional objections and obtained private records for national-security probes, a U.S. inspector reported on Thursday.

The Justice Department's Inspector General made the disclosure in reviews of the FBI's powers to obtain information such as phone records or credit-card data in terrorism probes or other security investigations.

"We questioned the appropriateness of the FBI's actions" in disregarding the court, the Inspector General's office said.

An influential Senate Democrat accused the FBI of "systemic failure" and the American Civil Liberties Union said the reviews demonstrated a need to check the agency's authority.

"The FBI has been given far too much surveillance power," Jameel Jaffer, national security director for the ACLU. "We believe that the abuse continues today."

The FBI said it had implemented measures to correct problems and would "continue to strive for zero errors."

The disclosure comes as Congress considers legislation governing federal powers to conduct electronic surveillance of foreign terrorism targets.

The Inspector General's latest review follows a report last March that said the FBI had misused its powers to obtain business records with private data after its authority was expanded under legislation adopted after the September 11 attacks.

http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1356140620080313

Criminal institution, the FBI, disregarded court on private records

Criminal institution, the FBI, disregarded court on private records

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