FBI Papers Indicate Intelligence Violations

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/23/AR2005102301352.html

By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 24, 2005; Page A01

The FBI has conducted clandestine surveillance on some U.S. residents for as long as 18 months at a time without proper paperwork or oversight, according to previously classified documents to be released today.

Records turned over as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit also indicate that the FBI has investigated hundreds of potential violations related to its use of secret surveillance operations, which have been stepped up dramatically since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks but are largely hidden from public view.

In one case, FBI agents kept an unidentified target under surveillance for at least five years -- including more than 15 months without notifying Justice Department lawyers after the subject had moved from New York to Detroit. An FBI investigation concluded that the delay was a violation of Justice guidelines and prevented the department "from exercising its responsibility for oversight and approval of an ongoing foreign counterintelligence investigation of a U.S. person."

In other cases, agents obtained e-mails after a warrant expired, seized bank records without proper authority and conducted an improper "unconsented physical search," according to the documents.

[aquart]

1. J. Edgar would be so proud.

This is FBI like in the good old days.

[wookie294]

3. Mark Felt would be proud, too

[don954]

2. sloppy as hell, this is one of the reasons many terrorist suspects get off

cause the @!#%$@!$#% FBI, CIA, and NSA "forget" or plainly disregard the Constitution. We fsckers, you are NOT above the law!

[Mind_your_head]

4. What is the reason for 'the law' ....if not to prevent against things like

this.......

If there weren't rules/walls against we can't trespass....we humans surely would 'cross the line'.

America today has 'more than crossed the line' beyond the law, beyond decency. I am appalled and ashamed! I cannot believe that THIS is what 'America - and the grand experiement'- was meant to be!

I want no part of this - not in my name!

[bluestateguy]

5. COINTELPRO II: The Bureau Strikes Back

n/t

[annabanana]

6. Geez.. It's Deja Vu all over again...

AS much as we appreciate the honest work that this outfit does in defense of the country.. they have to be kept under tight rein. Kind of like a really mean, effective, half-trained guard dog.

[MountainLaurel]

7. Read this tonight

Some scary stuff in there: Violations such as these during the 1960s were why the Church Commission instituted reforms such as wiretap laws. Of course, all of those went up in smoke because of 9-11. We're well on the way to our very own Stasi.