MASSIVE Doc Dump - IG Report

[kpete]

The Inspector General's report on the FBI's abuse of national security letters to obtain phone records using made-up terror emergencies was released today and is available here.
http://www.justice.gov/oig/special/s1001r.pdf
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2010/1/20/213035/384

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The ACLU weighs in, "OMG, 2000 Emergencies That Never Were."
It should surprise no one that the phone companies are forking over your info with as little as a "pretty please" from the FBI.
http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security/omg-oig-2000-emergencies-werent-there

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The Exigent Letter IG Report

massive document (Beware! 306 page PDF), even the Table of Contents (page 4) has dynamite stuff that just jumps out at you:

…III. Inaccurate Statements to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

A. FISA Case No. 1
B. FISA Case No. 2
C. FISA Case No. 3
D. FISA Case No. 4
E. OIG Analysis…

By: emptywheel Wednesday January 20, 2010 6:43 pm
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2010/01/20/outside-the-courtroom-sassy-parody-and-cindy-mccain/#comment-214752

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IG Report.

Further statements in the document show that the FBI/DOJ’s use of Hot Number Trapping without a court order are illegal and violate the Pen Register Act.

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3 companies (A,B,C) involved?

AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint? Not Quest?



http://www.justice.gov/oig/special/s1001r.pdf

[Luminous Animal]

1. I wonder, do people care anymore about government spying?

I'm not sure if the vast majority of people in the U.S. even think it should be against the law.

[leftstreet]

2. Everyone seemed to care under the Bush II Regime

now, not so much

[slipslidingaway]

3. knr nt

[drm604]

4. K&R

Important story.

[Warren Stupidity]

5. Who would have thought that a process with essentially no oversight would be abused?

It is just unimaginable.

[Hekate]

10. I know; what could possibly go wrong?

:eyes:

Hekate

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. K&R!

[SaveOurDemocracy]

7. K&R Thanks, kpete!

:hi:

[gimama]

8. I have to say...

www.indictbushnow.org
pleeeeeeeeeeeeze!

[alfredo]

9. Heads need to roll, including those who ordered the illegal spying.

[Festivito]

11. Page 30 on 43, Activity rises and falls around questionable 2004 elections.

And it drops of to almost nothing on either side of the election.

Makes me wonder how much of this had to do with tapping Democratic strategies before the election, and tapping Ohio recount calls after the election.

One thing to note, they block out things they continue to hide on these pdfs much better than they used to.

[EFerrari]

12. K&R

[Festivito]

13. Before 9/11 they would not even try to look, around Nov 2004, they look a lot.

Top FBI in Washington would not allow a field office even SUBMIT a FISA request to look at the 20th hijacker's computer before 9/11 because it might be rejected. (FISA court took thousands of requests and only rejected a couple and helped the requesters to finally get approval on those.) Later, Bush himself awarded those FBI deniers.

Around the 2004 elections, they don't worry anymore. They lie to FISA and skip over FISA.

Nation of laws my left butt cheek.

[Solly Mack]

14. k/r