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House Bill Would Prohibit Secret Collection of Americans’ Records Without Approval of Surveillance Court

allan11 years ago01 mins

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. House is considering a bill that would restrict the ability of the FBI and NSA to secretly collect records of U.S. citizens, the Missoulian reports. The bill, introduced on Thursday by John Waslh, D-Mont., would ban the collection of telephone, financial and e-mail records without the approval of the Foreign…

FBI Illegally Collected Telephone Records During Bush Years, Wasington Post Reports

allan15 years ago11 years ago03 mins

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A yet to be released Justice Department report is expected to conclude that the FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 during the Bush administration, the Washington Post reported. The paper reported that the FBI illegally collected the records by “by invoking terrorism…