If the FBI improperly and illegally used the Patriot Act , why has no one been held accountable?

Question

Aren't they charged with prosecuting illegal acts. Are they above the law?

Answer 1

Because US citizens are becoming so accustomed to bending over and taking it from their goverment that they haven't got the guts to stand up for themselves anymore.

Answer 2

Who in this nation today can hold them accountable?
The Amerian people gave them the power, and power is what they wanted.
If anyone complained about the Patritot act and a congress to busy filling own pockes to demad time to read a Bill before they voted upon it they were deemed as unpatriotic and scaremongers and should be deported.
What and the hell is meant by civil liberties?
It does not mean just that you can have and give consensual blow jobs it is grounds and rights that no government can interfere in.
Every freedom people have in this country today has only been around becuase american peole "FOUGHT' against a central government that since its inception tried to gain more and more power into its own hands.
That the majority in their feined ignorance let others run their lives for them and nwo today find that they have been had is just to bad.
Why will there not ba an accounting?
Becuase an american populace will sit on its A@@ and let those who make the rules tell them they will fix it and for them to just go shopping.
The worst part and major reason no one will be made to pay for breaking laws, is that the American people would rather go shopping!

Answer 3

Nope, not above the law. However, they did 'overstep their bounds'...big time. Since this came along with the big SOS screw up, it's probably going to take time to get to the others. Gonzalaze (sp) did say he takes responsibility for it all...so lets see what he comes up with. The department of justice is pretty erratic these days. However, on the other side of the coin, that PA is so difficult to understand, that I know even the best attorneys would have a problem understanding 'who' actually has the authority. It seems like some of it is written for the FBI and some for the CIA; which I do believe, and correct me if I'm wrong, the CIA has the upper hand as far as the 'who' for the biggest authority.

I just don't know for certain, at this point who was MORE wrong. The FBI who were taking the records of suspects or the company who complained. I graduated with a law degree and as far as I know, when there is an 'ongoing investigation' regarding terror suspects, it seems 'unethical' for a corporation to complain openly that records are being taken and checked out by the FBI. Corporate owners are not supposed to voice opinions or objections regarding the Justice Department investigations. The same holds true in any court of law. Even the jury members cannot discuss the case they are hearing and what they think about the person being prosecuted.

I mean, if a company is on the up and up, and they believe that what the Patroit Act stands for as far as protection of the U.S. by investigations of individuals who 'may possibly' have ties with terrorist organizations, it would be in their own best interest to just let sleeping dogs lie.

It is impossible to tell by human resource records if an individual who is suspect by the government of these possible ties. You gotta figure, some terrorist are bred in the cities from which they are recruited. Look at that last 60 minutes program and all the Terror Training web sites there are. These people are all over the U.S. and even in MI where I live. I'm about 45 minutes east of Dearborn, where it actually looks like the 'west bank' and millions of dollars to support terrorist organizations is coming out of Detroit. Yeah, that does scare me a little. But if I were a corporate owner, and the FBI walked in my door and asked for files of personnel, I would gladly hand them over, no questions asked...especially if they have the paperwork to back them up. So, it's hard to say what they're going to do. I know these guys were 'out of bounds' the way they did it; but that's what happens when a government agency is short handed of people who actually know 'where to put who.'

Answer 4

I think many of them think that, and that is one of the things wrong with the Patriot Act, a misnomer!

The Patriot Act pales in comparison to the Military Commission's Act of 2006! Now that one is purely unconstitutional as it eliminates habeas corpus, the right to know why you are being held, the right to be charged, the right to be indicted, the right to have a trial by your peers, the right to have access to the court system, the right to discovery and the right to appeal a death sentence to the US Supreme Court or access to a civilian attorney unless he/she has a Top Secret security clearance!! Nice eh?

Answer 5

Well, there is really no way to answer that question that would be correct. However if the patriot act and how it is used has you worried, do a general search on "real id" the patriot act was just the beginning.

Answer 6

the fbi or federal bureau of intimidation has never been held accountable for its vast history of abuse of American people. Look at the peltier case. Who's going to bust the feds? Hoover even intimidated JFK< while he (Hoover was in bed with the mob). The agency has no integrity

Answer 7

The FBI has been breaking the law routinely and playing politics since it became an agency. No AG has yet been able to control this rogue agency. They are truly above the law.

Answer 8

Congress is going to hold hearings, investigate. Oversight is their mission, you know, in part. The entire agency has been doing this, no individual is responsible if it is "policy". Who knew, who set the policy? That's what Congress will decide, and, if they find someone knowingly broke the law, they will recommend the Justice Department prosecutes.

Btw, they didn't violate a clear law, they really just abused one. Stretched it, so to speak, the way police use minor or non-existent reasons as "cause" to search, or pull over a car.

Answer 9

"President Bush said the FBI has addressed the problems that led to illegal prying into personal information on people in the U.S., but "there's more work to be done.""
I'm sure that heads were just rolling.
I think i'm going to be sick.

Answer 10

With all of the chaos that is going on they may be trying to just let it slide.