House questions 'overreaching' FBI spy powers

HOUSE QUESTIONS 'OVERREACHING' FBI SPY POWERS
[SOURCE: C-Net|News.com, AUTHOR: Anne Broache]
Widespread abuse of the FBI's authority to secretly obtain Americans' telephone, Internet and financial records drew pointed questioning on Tuesday from the House Judiciary Committee. As promised by Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), the panel chided U.S. Department of Justice Glenn Fine and FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni about an internal audit released earlier this month that detailed the FBI's missteps and illegal use of an investigative tool known as national security letters. Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI), one of the chief architects of the 2001 Patriot Act and its subsequent renewal, was among the most outspoken Republican critics at Tuesday's hearing.
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* F.B.I. Is Warned Over Its Misuse of Data Collection
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/21/washington/21fbi.html

See also --
* Senate Bill Would Mandate Disclosure of Data Mining
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR200703...