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Constructing Truth: the FBI's (non)recording policy
Forbes ^
| 27 July, 2011
| Harvey Silverglate
Posted on 08/11/2018 6:11:58 PM PDT by marktwain
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This is a 2011 article on the FBI policy of not recording interviews.
One of the reasons given for the policy: Recorded interviews might lead jurors to believe the FBI was coercive or misleading.
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:11:58 PM PDT
by
marktwain
To: marktwain
If the FBI ever asks to interview you, just tell them you’ll be recording the whole thing.
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:22:53 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Democratic socialism is when the majority of people vote to steal your property.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
In my personal experience with an FBI interview, I was told exactly that.
I wanted to record it. They said if I did, there would be no interview.
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:24:36 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: marktwain
total lies, They record EVERYTHING!! Ask Martha Stewart!! This is such BS!!
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:29:17 PM PDT
by
raiderboy
(Trump has assured us that he will "shut down the government to get the WALL in September"r)
To: marktwain
total lies, They record EVERYTHING!! Ask Martha Stewart!! This is such BS!!
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:29:21 PM PDT
by
raiderboy
(Trump has assured us that he will "shut down the government to get the WALL in September"r)
To: raiderboy
total lies, They record EVERYTHING!! Ask Martha Stewart!! This is such BS!! Quite a bit of difference between surreptitious recording and recording interviews.
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:31:48 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: marktwain
That’s a good way at least to kibosh the interview....
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:31:50 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
To: marktwain
Yes the best way to shut a FBI agent down is to have a recorder.
To: raiderboy
Uh, they didn’t record Hillary...
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:35:55 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: marktwain
Nonsense. This policy is only in place to give the FBI maximum latitude to frame anyone for anything they feel is appropriate. They can spend million on a phony dossier, but cannot record interviews? Nonsense. This agency is antiquated and should be uprooted, washed inside out, and replaced. Unfortunately, the new one will be no better than the previous one.
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:39:19 PM PDT
by
Fungi
To: marktwain
Most leo agencies dont want to be recorded ...not just fbi
IRS often wont talk to you either if you insist on recording them
I know there are plenty of good cops but the system in general is generally f*cked and geared at success via intimidation ...if for one year every single person charged with a crime demanded and went to trial the syatem would completely collapse...which leads me to the conclusion we have far too many laws.
To: raiderboy
I would want my own recorder and my own recording, truth be told.
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:42:55 PM PDT
by
Rurudyne
(Standup Philosopher)
To: Fungi
Nonsense. This policy is only in place to give the FBI maximum latitude to frame anyone for anything they feel is appropriate. They can spend million on a phony dossier, but cannot record interviews? Nonsense. This agency is antiquated and should be uprooted, washed inside out, and replaced. Unfortunately, the new one will be no better than the previous one. A lot of truth in your post.
The policy gives the FBI control over what is remembered and how it is remembered. It is an extremely powerful tool that puts most of the cards in the FBI's pockets.
But if the new agency will be just as bad, there is no reason to change, is there?
How about we require the FBI to record interviews, maybe wear body cameras?
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:44:10 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: marktwain
They said if I did, there would be no interview. So did you tell them you still wanted to record it?
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:47:32 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
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To: marktwain
What happens if, failing to have a recording device, one refuses to talk to agents?
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:56:01 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
To: E. Pluribus Unum
No.
I wanted to give them some information after 9/11.
So I did not insist on a recording.
Could of done it surreptitiously, of course.
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:56:44 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: Roccus
What happens if, failing to have a recording device, one refuses to talk to agents?
You tell them no. They go away.
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:57:48 PM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: marktwain
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:58:38 PM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
To: Rurudyne
What a joke they dont record my ass. They only one they didnt record IN HISTORY was hillary!! Because they obstructed justice!! And those that fixed that felons case should spend life in prison.
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posted on
08/11/2018 6:59:33 PM PDT
by
raiderboy
(Trump has assured us that he will "shut down the government to get the WALL in September"r)
To: marktwain
“Tape recordings are almost never done because such recordation is believe it or not against formal written FBI policy. “
Apparently they didn’t read their link FBI policy memo they referenced and linked.
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