FBI’s illegal practices on Americans’ privacy.
March 9, 2007
Today, the FBI has been caught illegally obtaining private information of U.S. citizens under the Patriot Act.
“The audit found that in 2004 and 2005, more than half of the targets of the national security letters were U.S. citizens.” -CNN.com
National Secruity Letters allows the FBI to get personal and business information about individuals — such as financial, phone, and Internet records — without court orders (without warrants rom a judge).
In doing so, has caused so many problems, that they are planning to re-advise the Act or to limit the FBI’s power. Though, I’m wondering why these same people who broken the law aren’t even going to jail. Where are the arrest @?
To be honest, I was waiting till something like this was going to happen. When you make an Act that doesn’t require a warrant to check people’s information if they are, according to the Act, in a “terroristic” situation, you might have a few flaws in it that’s been given so much power to the FBI.
Still, how can you accidentally make illegaly violations on the American citizens by asking for personal information that the FBI didn’t even need in the first place?
[Link]: FBI caught snoopin’
