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Thursday, June 14, 2007

FBI Says it Broke Law in Collecting Data


An internal FBI audit has found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years, far more than was documented in a Justice Department report in March that ignited bipartisan congressional criticism. (Washington Post, Thursday)

Acknowledging a problem is the first step in solving it — except where government's involved.

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Big Brother Wants to Read Your E-mail by Aeon J. Skoble