“The FBI’s use of exigent letters and other informal requests for telephone toll billing records circumvented, and in many cases violated, the requirements of the Electronic Communications Protection Act statute,” according to the [Justice Department's Inspector General in an internal audit report, available for download here]....
[And] in a surprise buried at the end of the 289-page report, the inspector general also reveals that the Obama administration issued a secret rule almost two weeks ago saying it was legal for the FBI to have skirted federal privacy protections.
link: FBI, Telecoms Teamed to Breach Wiretap Laws | Threat Level | Wired.com
Why would I want to vote again for this guy?
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