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Justice: FBI Misused Patriot Act Powers
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| 3/9/07
| Lara Jakes Jordan
Posted on 03/09/2007 12:40:43 PM PST by steve-b
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posted on
03/09/2007 12:40:44 PM PST
by
steve-b
To: steve-b
Meuller is already taking the fall for it....
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posted on
03/09/2007 12:43:49 PM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: steve-b
Mueller takes full responsibilty... but he will forego the consequences.
To: steve-b
All ready for a huge chorus of "I told you so"?
To: Lexington Green
And will the FBI agents in question be prosecuted?
Oh wait, this is the "Justice" department.
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posted on
03/09/2007 12:47:18 PM PST
by
mgstarr
(People shouldn't fear their government, governments should fear their people.)
To: steve-b
The audit by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine I give a lot of credit to Mr. Fine for exposing this egregious abuse of power. Shame on the FBI for allowing this to go on.
To: steve-b
I heard that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who oversees the FBI, discovered that they improperly and, in some cases, illegally failed to turn of the lights when leaving a room empty.
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posted on
03/09/2007 12:50:34 PM PST
by
delacoert
To: NittanyLion
I wonder if he's any kin?........
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posted on
03/09/2007 12:51:16 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Britney Spears shaved her head............Well, that's one way of getting rid of headlice.........)
To: antiRepublicrat
I told you people!
Imagine this being used under a hillary administration. Then anyone can see why keeping government power in check is a good thing.
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posted on
03/09/2007 12:51:39 PM PST
by
flashbunny
(<--- Free Anti-Rino graphics! See Rudy the Rino get exposed as a liberal with his own words!)
To: EagleUSA
Meuller is already taking the fall for it.... And rightfully so. Where were the controls to ensure this doesn't happen? No internal audits? No record reviews?
To: steve-b
What government agency has not at least pushed the envelope, or outright abused any power it has been given? Our founders were highly suspicious and wary of government and put into place a plan to limit their power. Like another FReeper posted elsewhere, the U.S. Constitution is the original Patriot Act.
"Those who will surrender liberty for security....."
To: steve-b
At any moment we'll get a huge blast from Patridiot Act apologists.
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posted on
03/09/2007 12:53:28 PM PST
by
steve86
(Acerbic by nature, not nurture)
To: Lexington Green
Mueller takes full responsibilty... but he will forego the consequences. He learned well from Janet Reno, I see....
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posted on
03/09/2007 1:00:50 PM PST
by
steve-b
(It's hard to be religious when certain people don't get struck by lightning.)
To: mgstarr
And will the FBI agents in question be prosecuted? Oh wait, this is the "Justice" department. I am reminded of one of the jokes from Hammer and Tickle:
Two of the Party's high apparatchiks in Prague was looking for a suitable position to which to appoint one of Stalin's favorites in the country. Finally, one of them said, "I have it! Secretary of the Navy!"
"Navy? Czechoslovakia has no coastline."
"So, why should that prevent us from having a Secretary of the Navy? After all, we have a Minister of Justice...."
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posted on
03/09/2007 1:04:48 PM PST
by
steve-b
(It's hard to be religious when certain people don't get struck by lightning.)
To: steve-b
The FBI improperly and, in some cases, illegally used the USA Patriot Act... This was the leading reason NOT to to pass the act in the first place. Anyone who wishes to give the government more power hasn't studied much history or the Founding Principles.
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posted on
03/09/2007 1:13:14 PM PST
by
GingisK
To: Joe 6-pack
Unfortunately the Constitution is quickly being recycled into toilet paper.
To: GingisK
Just the tip of the iceberg I'd wager.
"They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security." B. Franklin
It seems like a few of the PA apologists are finally starting to wake up. Too little too late.
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posted on
03/09/2007 1:28:56 PM PST
by
mgstarr
(People shouldn't fear their government, governments should fear their people.)
To: steve-b
Government can't be trusted with this much power. The sooner we sunset the "patriot" act, the better.
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posted on
03/09/2007 1:32:05 PM PST
by
mysterio
To: Lexington Green
I'll be surprised if a single head rolls for this.
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posted on
03/09/2007 1:32:07 PM PST
by
rattrap
To: steve-b
Justice is still completely packed with Clinton-appointed left-wingers, isn't it?
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posted on
03/09/2007 1:33:36 PM PST
by
TChris
(The Democrat Party: A sewer into which is emptied treason, inhumanity and barbarism - O. Morton)
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