The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is calling for Congress to hold aggressive hearings on the FBI’s domestic intelligence authority after the release of a Justice Department report showing the Bureau abusing its power to collect telephone, Internet, financial, credit, and other personal records about Americans without judicial approval.
Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vermont, has said the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings into the report’s findings. But the widespread abuse detailed in the report requires more than just a cursory examination.
“The Bureau’s misuse of its intelligence authority is an ongoing critical problem,” said EFF Staff Attorney Marcia Hofmann. “Congress must use its investigative power to find out what’s really going on at the FBI — and then rein in the Bureau’s investigative authority to where is was before the USA PATRIOT Act.”
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[tags]EFF, National Security Letter, FBI, Patriot Act[/tags]
