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The FBI disclosed to a presidential board that it was involved in nearly 800 violations of laws, regulations or policies governing national-security investigations from 2001 to 2008, but the government won't provide details or say whether anyone was disciplined, according to a report by a privacy-watchdog group.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014078300_violations30.html


From Information Clearing House

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Do you need the Patriot Act?

Downsize DC Downsize DC
by Jim Babka

01/28/11

Forty-five days after 9/11, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act without reading it. This new law was supposed to protect you from terrorism, but it has really left you unprotected against lawless federal agents. ... In 2001 and 2006 concerned members of Congress urged expiration dates on some of the Patriot Act's most controversial powers. Regrettably, Congress has constantly renewed those powers, despite a multitude of FBI abuses. Last year, the extension was passed with just a voice vote! Now, another expiration is at hand -- February 28, 2011...

http://www.downsizedc.org/blog/do-you-need-the-patriot-act


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=national+security
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http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Federal+Bureau+of+Investigation
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