Monday, November 07, 2005
Jeralyn Merritt: How the FBI Spies on You and Me - Yahoo! News
Jeralyn Merritt: How the FBI Spies on You and Me - Yahoo! News:
"The FBI now issues more than 30,000 national security letters a year, according to government sources, a hundredfold increase over historic norms. The letters -- one of which can be used to sweep up the records of many people -- are extending the bureau's reach as never before into the telephone calls, correspondence and financial lives of ordinary Americans."
So, what can we do about it? It doesn't matter who we elect. No politician will stop this.
"The FBI now issues more than 30,000 national security letters a year, according to government sources, a hundredfold increase over historic norms. The letters -- one of which can be used to sweep up the records of many people -- are extending the bureau's reach as never before into the telephone calls, correspondence and financial lives of ordinary Americans."
So, what can we do about it? It doesn't matter who we elect. No politician will stop this.
