Mueller: FBI Can Properly Use Its Powers

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By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN
Associated Press Writer


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WASHINGTON (AP) -- FBI Director Robert Mueller labored Tuesday to persuade skeptical senators that the FBI can properly use its Patriot Act authority to gather telephone, e-mail and financial records of Americans and foreigners while pursuing terrorists.

He appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee after the Justice Department inspector general revealed abuses in the FBI's use of documents called national security letters to gather such data without approval from a judge.

"We're going to be re-examining the broad authorities we granted the FBI in the Patriot Act," Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., told Mueller.

Mueller urged the panel not to revise the law.

"The statute did not cause the errors," Mueller said. "The FBI's implementation did.">>>>>snip

Read more: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FBI_PATRIOT_ACT?SITE=IDBOI&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2007-03-27-14-36-23

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"Hero Of the glorious American Empire Mueller " is a co-conspirator to this affront to our Democracy.

If you didn't have the statute stupid, the FBI wouldn't have an implementation problem.

[DCKit]

1. Please, please, please give us another chance : (

How stupid do the think Leahy and the rest of the Dems are?

The FBI had their chance and they BLEW it. It's nobody else's fault they chose to use the powers of the Patriot act illegally.

[rodeodance]

11. similiar to the one last big Surge from the

[Sherman A1]

2. This of course begs the questioin...

just why haven't they been doing so all along? :argh:

[IChing]

4. Because his medal of Freedom got in the way

I can't stand the irony.

[LiberalFighter]

3. Mr Mueller... Go Cheney Yourself you slimeball

Time for castrations beginning with Mueller.

[superconnected]

5. Mueller defends need for expanded powers: Patriot Act

Source: Associated Press

By MICHAEL J. SNIFFEN, Associated Press Writer
35 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - FBI Director Robert Mueller struggled Tuesday to convince skeptical senators that — despite recent abuses — the FBI should retain Patriot Act authority to gather telephone, e-mail and financial records without a judge's approval.

"The statute did not cause the errors. The FBI's implementation did," the FBI chief told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

But Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (news, bio, voting record), D-Vt., served notice: "We're going to be re-examining the broad authorities we granted the FBI in the Patriot Act." House Judiciary committee members delivered a similar message last week.

The Senate panel's ranking Republican, Arlen Specter (news, bio, voting record) of Pennsylvania, went further: "The question arises as to whether any director can handle this job and whether the bureau itself can handle the job."



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070327/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/fbi_patriot_act

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6. Bingo! The implementation is the probem when handing over our rights.

"The statute did not cause the errors. The FBI's implementation did," the FBI chief told the Senate Judiciary Committee."

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7. "The statute did not cause the errors" -- WFT?? No, but it ALLOWED them

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

8. Well, it is ABOUT FUCKING TIME.

Sorry, Agent Mike- looks like the next pair of handcuffs will be going onto YOU.

[ShockediSay]

10. so how do we know that this intelGathering wasn't used for political purposes

like Karl Rove's "permanent Republican majority??"

ANS: We don't & never will

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