[Burkeman1]

I am actually impressed with this statement. The Assisstant Director of Antiterrorism has actually strongly gone on the record to deny these accusations. Rarely do bureacratic weasals put their hides on the line with such clear statements. I give the FBI the benefit of the doubt now.

[coloradan]

Senior FBI officials took the unusual step Tuesday of publicly declaring that agents are not using the war against terrorism as a cover to collect information on people who demonstrate against the government.

Well, that's nice. Of course, they have not denied that they are spying on political dissidents, they have only denied that they are using the war on terror as a cover for this spying.