FBI Conspiracy!?!? What?? Yep.

[BeFree]

Geez, looks like the government, oops, just a small part of the government, has been caught in a conspiracy - again.
Guess this is gonna make the 'conspiracy theorists' look : PRETTY GOOD

Kpete thread in GD:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=314156&mesg_id=314156

EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations (FOIA Docs)

Source: Electronic Frontier Foundation


EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations
News Update by Mark Rumold

EFF has uncovered widespread violations stemming from FBI intelligence investigations from 2001 - 2008. In a report released today, http://www.eff.org/pages/patterns-misconduct-fbi-intell... EFF documents alarming trends in the Bureau’s intelligence investigation practices, suggesting that FBI intelligence investigations have compromised the civil liberties of American citizens far more frequently, and to a greater extent, than was previously assumed.

Using documents obtained through EFF's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation, the report finds:
https://www.eff.org/foia/intelligence-agencies-miscondu...

• 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

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/eff-releases-report-detailing-fbi-intelligence