No Warrants For 3,501 Secret FBI Cases

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CBS) WASHINGTON The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks, credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday.

It was the first time the Bush administration has publicly disclosed how often it uses the administrative subpoena known as a National Security Letter, which allows the executive branch of government to obtain records about people in terrorism and espionage investigations without a judge's approval or a grand jury subpoena.

Friday's disclosure was mandated as part of the renewal of the Patriot Act, the administration's sweeping anti-terror law.

The FBI delivered a total of 9,254 NSLs relating to 3,501 people in 2005, according to a report submitted late Friday to Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate. In some cases, the bureau demanded information about one person from several companies.

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/topstories_story_120005036.html

[Rosemary2205]

1. We are supposed to believe

that 3501 Americans were so dangerous that there was no time to ask for a warrant.

[napi21]

2. Sure would love to knowwho those people were!

The other thing I'd love to know is, out of 3,501 people, HOW MANY turned out to be involved in terrorist activities??? Even in an unlikely low 1%, wouldn't you think we would have heard SOMETHING about 35 terrorists being in the US? Hmmmm.....

[shenmue]

3. Thousands of screw-ups

The B*** administration ruined that many lives for no reason.

[newyawker99]

4. kick

:kick:

[Jack Rabbit]

5. 3501 grounds for impeachment

We need just one that will stick.