USA PATRIOT Act
EFF Report: FBI Slowed Terror Investigation with Improper NSL Request
"This report raises important questions about the FBI's use of these
very powerful investigative tools," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kurt
Opsahl. "Congress should determine why FBI headquarters insisted on an
improper NSL instead of using the appropriate tools, and why the FBI
failed to report the misuse for almost two years.
More FBI Privacy Violations Confirmed
The FBI acknowledged Wednesday it improperly accessed Americans'
telephone records, credit reports and Internet traffic in 2006, the
fourth straight year of privacy abuses resulting from investigations
Judge Voids F.B.I. Tool Granted by Patriot Act
The law allowed the F.B.I. not only to force communications companies,
including telephone and Internet providers, to turn over the records
without court authorization, but also to forbid the companies to tell
the customers or anyone else what they had done. Under the law, enacted
last year, the ability of the courts to review challenges to the ban on
disclosures was quite limited.
Mack Cosponsors Legislation to Create Checks and Balances on Government Use of National Security Letters
Congressman Connie Mack (FL-14) today became an original cosponsor of
legislation that will provide crucial checks against the National
Security Letter (NSL) authority expanded by the PATRIOT Act. The
bipartisan National Security Letters Reform Act, sponsored by Rep.
Jerry Nadler (NY-08) and cosponsored by Reps. Jeff Flake (AZ-06),
Libby trial judge joins secret FISA court
Earlier last year FBI whistle-blower Sibel Edmonds unsuccessfully tried to get Walton to recuse himself from her case, arguing his decision to keep federally required financial disclosure information private created the appearance of a conflict of interest.
more information on Judge Walton and Edmonds case- http://www.antiwar.com/edmonds/
Why put fish above our civil liberties?
Since the advocacy groups, who so zealously protect our physical environment and those species of plant and animal deemed "endangered," are busy with concerns apparently to them far more important than civil liberties, perhaps its time to enact a "National Constitution Protection Act," or "NCPA" for short, patterned after "NEPA," the National Environmental Policy Act.
Transpartisan Coalition Rejects Mueller Testimony: Group calls on FBI, Congress to uphold the Constitution
"The FBI has clearly abused its power and violated the constitutional rights of tens of thousands of Americans. These actions must not be tolerated in a free society," said Liberty Coalition national director Michael Ostrolenk. "While enhanced public scrutiny and Congressional oversight are a good first step, they are not enough to protect our Nation's liberty from abusive, unchecked power. Congress must act to stop the issuance of National Security Letters!"
FBI’s Office Of General Counsel And ITOS Managers Knew Of NSL Violations In 2005
The record is clear. In 2005, Mr. Youssef identified the problem(s) with the NSL letters and aggressively sought corrective action within the FBI. He made FBI managers fully aware of the problem well over one year before the Inspector General issued his report. One can only hope that the FBI will undertake the systemic corrective actions necessary to prevent further abuses.
TAKE ACTION: Reform the PATRIOT Act and Stop the Abuse of Surveillance Powers
The FBI has blatantly abused a key PATRIOT Act provision and knowingly violated the law to spy on Americans' telephone, Internet, and other personal records, as documented in a report recently released by the Justice Department. Congress must rein in this egregious behavior
Stop National Security Letters, Says Transpartisan Coalition
“National Security Letters are a clear and dangerous violation of Americans’ expectation of privacy in their financial, communications and insurance records unless they have done something wrong,” said Liberty Coalition national director Michael Ostrolenk. “If Director Mueller wants to uphold both his word and duty, he will not oppose reforms of this intrusive, unchecked power.”
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