CIA chief admits to illegally spying on Americans

[malaise]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/7360336
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FBI Director Robert Mueller says an upcoming Justice Department report will show the bureau improperly used national security letters to obtain personal data on Americans during terror and spy investigations.

Mueller says the report focuses on national security letters issued only in 2006 - a year before the FBI enacted sweeping new reforms to prevent future lapses.

Mueller's comments Wednesday morning in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee came just days before the Justice Department's inspector general is scheduled to release the follow-up to a similar audit in 2007.
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[OmmmSweetOmmm]

1. malaise

the subject should read FBI chief. :)

:hi:

[malaise]

5. My bad and

it's too late to edit. Ouch! :hi:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. I had hoped to catch you before time ran out! And you are Never Bad, you are Terrific!

:hi:

[soothsayer]

2. Well, duh, who doesn't know that?

[FalconsRule]

3. FBI Chief...

[malaise]

6. Maybe a Moderator can edit for me

My bad.

[FalconsRule]

7. Happens to us all!

[ThomWV]

4. 2006 can hardly be called 'in the heat of the moment' following 9/11, can it?

This was purposefully ignoring the Constitution long after the immediate threat was gone and he should resign over it or be prosecuted while in office.

[Echo In Light]

9. Not hardly, and they were all geared up before 9/11 too - by design

[Jeffersons Ghost]

10. K&R here's a 5th rec. n/t

[spanone]

11. and our powder is STILL dry...

'freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose' - kris kristofferson

[midnight]

12. Hey isn't that a Janis Joplin phrase?

[Festivito]

13. Illegal inside the country AND illegally outside his job. /nt