EFF: FBI may have committed more than 40K intelligence violations since 9/11

[Ian David]

EFF: FBI may have committed more than 40K intelligence violations since 9/11

A new report from the Electronic Frontier Foundation analyzes more than 2,500 pages' worth of FBI documents extracted using Freedom of Information Act litigation and finds disturbing, system-wide violations of civil liberties on a scale that is far beyond anything reported to date:

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• Evidence of delays of 2.5 years, on average, between the occurrence of a violation and its eventual reporting to the Intelligence Oversight Board

• Reports of serious misconduct by FBI agents including lying in declarations to courts, using improper evidence to obtain grand jury subpoenas, and accessing password-protected files without a warrant

• Indications that the FBI may have committed upwards of 40,000 possible intelligence violations in the 9 years since 9/11

More:
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/01/30/eff-fbi-may-have-com.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29&utm_content=Twitter

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/DustyTrice/status/31714396619149312

[old mark]

1. K&R-Now the GOP wants to list all inquiries to the FOIA...for "transparancy"...nt

[xchrom]

2. recommend

[obxhead]

3. Is this the freedom we fight in Iraq and Afghanistan for? nt

[Hydra]

4. And to think there were people here at DU that claimed there were no violations at one point

The Patriot Act and other items were an invitation to use and abuse the power.

Is authoritarianism in vogue or something?

[nashville_brook]

5. type and frequency of violations....

https://www.eff.org/files/EFF%20IOB%20Report_Final%20Version.pdf

Type and Frequency of FBI Intelligence Violations

--From 2001 to 2008, of the nearly 800 violations reported to the IOB: o over one-third involved FBI violation of rules governing internal
oversight of intelligence investigations.

- nearly one-third involved FBI abuse, misuse, or careless use of the Bureau’s National Security Letter authority.
- almost one-fifth involved an FBI violation of the Constitution, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or other laws governing criminal investigations or intelligence gathering activities.

-- From 2001 to 2008, in nearly half of all NSL violations, third-parties to whom NSLs were issued — phone companies, internet service providers, financial institutions, and credit agencies —contributed in some way to the FBI’s unauthorized receipt of personal information.

-- From 2001 to 2008, the FBI engaged in a number of flagrant legal violations, including:
- submitting false or inaccurate declarations to courts. o using improper evidence to obtain federal grand jury subpoenas. o accessing password protected documents without a warrant.