Report: FBI broke law to get phone records
Under Bush, agency allegedly used false terror threats to get 2,000 records
The Associated Press
updated 1:59 a.m. ET, Tues., Jan. 19, 2010

WASHINGTON - The FBI violated the law in collecting thousands of U.S. telephone records during the Bush administration, according to a report published on Tuesday.

Citing internal memos and interviews, the Washington Post reported that the FBI invoked nonexistent terrorism emergencies or persuaded phone companies to provide information. The report said the result was more than 2,000 illegally gathered records between 2002 and 2006.

The Justice Department inspector general is expected to release a report this month detailing the extent of the problem.

FBI general counsel Valerie Caproni said FBI Director Robert Mueller did not know about the requests until after the inspector general's investigation had begun.

Caproni told the Post that the bureau will await the inspector general's report before deciding whether disciplinary action is warranted.

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Difficult job hunting down all those records of calls people may have made, while being reported as being else wheres. I guess.

I suppose they will apologize, and the Justice Dept will decide not to press charges against any individual who might have broken any laws.

The rule of law in this country is a joke.

Yeah... But I still watch crime shows, but they've lost a lot of their punch. Like when the cops are closing in on "Mr. Big", you just don't get that shill down the spine anymore, like you once did, when you knew that no matter who committed the crime the handcuffs were going to go on. That's a fantasy view today.