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ACLU Refutes FBI’s Claims of “Unintentional” Patriot Act Abuses

Follow-up to March 8, 2007 posting, DOJ OIG Report Documents FBI Underreporting Use of National Security Letter, this from the ACLU: “Claims that the FBI’s reported Patriot Act abuses were the “unintentional” result of outmoded computer systems and human error are not credible, the American Civil Liberties Union said today, citing evidence that agents contracted with phone companies to obtain customer records and later sought to cover up the illegal requests.”

  • ACLU Analysis and Recommendations: Justice Department OIG Report on Misuse of National Security Letters (3/9/2007)
  • Full-size graphic of how the FBI uses National Security Letters- ACLU
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