FBI Provided INACCURATE DATA For Surveillance Warrants

[kpete]

FBI Provided Inaccurate Data for Surveillance Warrants

By John Solomon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, March 27, 2007; Page A05

FBI agents repeatedly provided inaccurate information to win secret court approval of surveillance warrants in terrorism and espionage cases, prompting officials to tighten controls on the way the bureau uses that powerful anti-terrorism tool, according to Justice Department and FBI officials.

The errors were pervasive enough that the chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, wrote the Justice Department in December 2005 to complain. She raised the possibility of requiring counterterrorism agents to swear in her courtroom that the information they were providing was accurate, a procedure that could have slowed such investigations drastically.

A internal FBI review in early 2006 of some of the more than 2,000 surveillance warrants the bureau obtains each year confirmed that dozens of inaccuracies had been provided to the court. The errors ranged from innocuous lapses, such as the wrong description of family relationships, to more serious problems, such as citing information from informants who were no longer active, officials said.

more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR2007032602073.html

[acmavm]

1. Sounds like we've got as many criminals in law enforcement as

we do out running the streets.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Sadly, that's become true since the republicon cronies stole power

The republicons have corrupted law enforcement to an unprecedented state, because they work from a base philosophy that is unethical and immoral.

Why do republicons hate Jesus and the Ten Commandments?

Why do republicons hate America?

[radfringe]

2. am I surprised

no

[Botany]

4. No we want to see the files about the spying on Kerry

Especially in 2004.

7 years and 77 million to investigate Clinton's blow job?

Ken Starr where are you now?

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. I don't know.....I call that LYING. Why don't people just call it what it is?

:grr:

[TellTheTruth82]

14. Because

An inaccuracy can be inadvertent. As the report says, it may have read son, when it should have read daughter (or some other fat finger typo). Some stuff (like using informers that quit a long time ago), was probably lying, but not all of it - hence the more accurate term.

[Solly Mack]

6. they lied in other words

"FBI agents repeatedly provided inaccurate information to win secret court approval..."

falsified...lied

[The Count]

7. Trust us....we know what we're doing

[IWantAChange]

8. and Repukes were insane over the WH Xmas list supposedly being used for potential donors by Clinton?

while Bushco and company seem to have subverted our Justice and Law Enforcement Bureau's to become political tools and work outside the Constitution? Hmmmmmm, sounds like there is some 'splainin to do Chimpy!!!!!

[On the Road]

9. Wow -- It Keeps Expanding

[librechik]

10. any "error" that a Republican benefits from will be endlessly repeated

it's the law.

[paparush]

11. Jeeezus!! When is this going to end? How far can this unravel?

Is there anything left to our country?

Can we declare this government null and void?

Can we do anything less?

[peacetalksforall]

12. This if theft - theft of our trust, theft of our laws, theft of their word.

Again- these employees did not make up their own rules just as the torturers did not. The word CAME DOWN. When are the rest of the people in this country going to GET IT? For them, sending the WORD DOWN (meaning sending the ORDER DOWN) means it was for political and corporate benefit.

WHEN WILL HONEST PEOPLE REPRESENT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY?

WHEN WILL (most of the) CORPORATIONS BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING - SCREWING US AND THE PLANET?

[SaveOurDemocracy]

13. Evidently it was accepted practice ...

and as accepted practice, it came from the top. The entire power base in DC is evidently rotten to the core under this administration.