FBI Repeatedly Violated Search and Wiretap Limits
by TChris
Given the president's belief that he can wiretap at will, it isn't surprising that the FBI has followed that lead. In the last two years, the FBI has increasingly exceeded its intelligence gathering authority.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation found apparent violations of its own wiretapping and other intelligence-gathering procedures more than 100 times in the last two years, and problems appear to have grown more frequent in some crucial respects, a Justice Department report released Wednesday said.
FBI agents have exceeded court-imposed limits on wiretaps, sometimes eavesdropping for months after warrants expire.
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