"Washington - Republicans and Democrats sternly warned the FBI on Tuesday that it could lose its broad power to collect telephone, e-mail and financial records to hunt terrorists after revelations of widespread abuses of the authority detailed in a recent internal investigation.
Their threats came as the Justice Department's chief watchdog, Glenn A. Fine, told the House Judiciary Committee that the FBI engaged in widespread and serious misuse of its authority in illegally collecting the information from Americans and foreigners through so-called national security letters.
If the FBI doesn't move swiftly to correct the mistakes and problems revealed last week in Fine's 130-page report, "you probably won't have NSL authority," said Rep. Dan Lungren (news, bio, voting record), R-Calif., a supporter of the power, referring to the data requests by their initials.
"From the attorney general on down, you should be ashamed of yourself," said Rep. Darrel Issa."
Still support Bush?
2007-03-20 07:29:49 · 12 answers · asked by Mysteri O 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
The source for this is the Associated Press...look for it yourself...
"From the attorney general on down, you should be ashamed of yourself," said Rep. Darrell Issa (news, bio, voting record), R-Calif. "We stretched to try to give you the tools necessary to make America safe, and it is very, very clear that you've abused that trust."
If Congress revokes some of the expansive law enforcement powers it granted in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks, Issa said, "America may be less safe, but the Constitution will be more secure, and it will be because of your failure to deal with this in a serious fashion."
The FBI's failure to establish sufficient controls or oversight for collecting the information constituted "serious and unacceptable" failures, Fine told the committee.
Democrats called Fine's findings an example of how the Justice Department has used broad counterterrorism authorities to trample on privacy rights.
"This was a serious breach of trust," said Rep. John Conyer
2007-03-20 07:56:28 · update #1
I have been accused by folks here in Yahoo Answers of being Anti-American, however it seems to me that sitting by doing nothing while watching our freedom slip away is truly anti-American. Question authority, because it's treason to believe that the President is anything akin to "good." Our rights are being abolished everyday in this country, the fabric that holds this country together is being ripped to shreds by CPS, the FBI, the CIA, the Whitehouse, the Federal Reserve, and the Justice system. All these arms are broken. You say you have nothing to hide? Think about that for a second. You may think you have nothing to hide, but you will someday, and it may be something as simple as your medical records. I see the big picture, and it is scary.
P.S. I am one of those hippies.. :)
2007-03-20 08:05:12 · update #2
I never did support the President. From the beginning he has been trampling our civil liberties and essentially spitting in the face of the Bill of Rights and he gets away with it because of public apathy.
"The only thing evil needs in order to win is for good men to do nothing."
"Where have all the hippies gone?"
And to answer your bolded question: With that kind of news, you can't.
2007-03-20 07:34:37 · answer #1 · answered by witchiebunny 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
And so.....what is everyone willing to do about it? Thats the big question. The Patriot Act all but wiped out American rights, and everyone stood by...because they swallowed the notion that it was in the best interests and safety of the country. Same thing with the war in Iraq....people supported it, because they were told that it was for the safety of the country. How in the world has the American involvement in a middle east civil war protected the safety of America? Yet, people still stand by and allow it all to happen.
I keep hearing about the right to bear arms, in the event the government needed to be righted...doesn't it need to be righted? When is enough enough? How long will Americans allow this pathetic, tyrannical leader to get away with his criminal activity???
2007-03-20 07:38:59 · answer #2 · answered by Super Ruper 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Bush has nothing to do with FBI doing this. It was done in the 60's 70's 80's and 90's too. Before now it was not a way to try to capture control of the Whitehouse.
2007-03-20 07:36:31 · answer #3 · answered by El Pistolero Negra 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have self assurance it more beneficial than maximum of them global. It wasn't depended on by ability of maximum of the human beings who formed it. The anti-Federalist farmers and tradesmen did not truly want to regulate over to federalism from a free confederation of self sufficient states. They demanded the bill of Rights they authored be coated because they did not have self assurance the recent structure (at present's) or the Federalist bankers and merchants who promoted it.
2016-12-02 07:24:49 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the worst part of this that they found over 700 instances where the government lied about seeking court approval. In other words, they said, they would and didn't 700 lies.
2007-03-20 07:40:02 · answer #5 · answered by Middleclassandnotquiet 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
What is the source of this information?
2007-03-20 07:33:44 · answer #6 · answered by Terrie 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Never did.
2007-03-20 07:33:38 · answer #7 · answered by occluderx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Demos are lying,,same old,,same old.
And ,, well ,,"people" like you keep believing it.
Don't worry soon the Mexican Government will fix all the problems.
2007-03-20 07:38:06 · answer #8 · answered by usafatceo 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
this does not surprise me at all, and no I never supported bush.
2007-03-20 10:54:41 · answer #9 · answered by thevillageidiotxxxxx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't trust anybody, least of all the feds.
2007-03-20 10:36:03 · answer #10 · answered by thevillageidiotxxxx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋