Stumble it!My Way News - U.S.: FBI Sought Info Without Court OK
posted in Politics by themaiden |Protecting the country? I think not. Try, “corrupting the system that made the country great.”
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 court approval.
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