Issues

Scientists Slam FBI Anthrax Probe

November 3, 2008 - 8:04am

It was an open-and-shut case, the FBI said.

But three months after agents pinned the post-9/11 anthrax mailings on Army scientist Bruce Ivins - who committed suicide as the FBI closed in on him - his former colleagues have approached a lawyer to sue the feds for fingering the wrong man, The Post has learned.

They argue that the FBI abused its power and violated its own policies as they probed an innocent man for six months.

Executive Order extends FISA powers to FBI Deputy Director

October 14, 2008 - 5:41pm

Executive Order: Further Amendments to Executive Orders 12139 and 12949 in Light of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/10/20081007-7.html

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 104 and 303 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), as amended by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 Amendments Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-261), it is hereby ordered as follows:

Conyers, Judiciary Democrats call for delay in implementation of new domestic FBI guidelines

October 12, 2008 - 3:08pm

WASHINGTON - House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA), and Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) called on the Department of Justice to postpone the effective date of the consolidated FBI Domestic Operations Guidelines until the new Administration has an opportunity to approve the procedures.