Secret FBI subpoenas (3,501) w/o court approval!

[BR_Parkway]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card, telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice Department said Friday.

It was the first time the Bush administration has publicly disclosed how often it uses the administrative subpoena known as a National Security Letter, which allows the executive branch of government to obtain records about people in terrorism and espionage investigations without a judge's approval or a grand jury subpoena.

Friday's disclosure was mandated as part of the renewal of the Patriot Act, the administration's sweeping anti-terror law.

The FBI delivered a total of 9,254 NSLs relating to 3,501 people in 2005, according to a report submitted late Friday to Democratic and Republican leaders in the House and Senate. In some cases, the bureau demanded information about one person from several companies.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/28/secret.subpoenas.ap/index.html

Talk about a Friday News dump!

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1. K&R

[leesa]

2. And I'll bet that's only a small fraction since they lie about everything.

Will they publish the names and details or do we just get hauled off in the dead of night to Gitmo to be held for 3 or 4 years without charges or lawyers.

[Loge23]

3. Chavez is right

Hugo Chavez calls the idiot president and his crime partners "terrorists". I couldn't agree more.
Behind the sleeze-meister Gonzales, the moron-in-chief and his gang have waged a war on freedom against Americans.
Bastards!

[MADem]

4. Well, for every American servicemember who has died in Iraqistan,

More than one American has had their liberties abrogated by BushCo.


Freedom is on the march, all right...it's marching out of America....

[dchill]

5. Hey CNN...

POLITICS my ass!

[BR_Parkway]

6. Yeah, I noticed that - seems like I remember when this sort of thing

would have been called News. Or even Crime Report

[C_U_L8R]

7. How many targets are POLITICAL

and WHO has oversight of this unconstitutional program ????

[crikkett]

8. k&r

[autorank]

9. K&R. OK, but what about all of ATT's message traffic to NSA...

This was released a a few days ago. ATT networks route traffic to the the NSA. Where is the
subpoena for this.

This figure of 3,501 subpoenas is a baseline for LIES.

There were tens of millions of Americans who had their messages reviewed.

Great story, great big lie. Lets nail them.

[AzDar]

10. Kick.

:kick:

[Festivito]

11. NOT including subscriber info: name of person logged into an account?

I wonder did they want to know just who I am?
No one can tell me if they asked.
My representative could not be told.
Hmmm.

"The number disclosed Friday excludes requests for subscriber information, an exception written into the law. It was unclear how many FBI letters were not counted for that reason."

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12. K&R