[privacy] Does Senate FISA Bill Immunize FBI 'Black-Bag Jobs'?

[Paul Ferguson]

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Via the C|Net "Iconoclast" Blog.

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A few decades ago, the FBI regularly conducted "black-bag jobs" that
involved sneaking into homes, hotel rooms and offices with the cooperation
of the building's owner or even a neighbor with a spare key. Locks were
picked otherwise.

Because no judge had authorized the FBI's black-bag job, they were
incredibly illegal. In the mid-1970s, the Church Committee famously
disclosed the bureau's clandestine operations.

Now President Bush is backing a bill that seems to encourage the FBI to
revert to some of its old habits.

The FISA Amendments Act, approved by a Senate committee last week, seems to
immunize people who cooperated with the FBI, the CIA, the National Security
Agency--and other even more shadowy agencies--that conduct black-bag jobs.

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More:
http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9801975-38.html

- - ferg

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