You know this all makes sense now.
The Patriot act is undergoing a fillibuster right now in the senate.
In doing some research for this thread I find this from 2002...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/...779746,00.html
Quote:
FBI rebuked over 'illegal' spying
Staff and agencies
Friday August 23, 2002
A secret US court has accused the Bush administration of illegally expanding FBI powers to spy on suspects.
According to documents released by Congress today, the foreign intelligence surveillance (FISA) court ruled in May that the government had increased the FBI's powers to place suspects under electronic surveillance and share information with criminal investigators.
The court also voiced its concern that the FBI had provided false information in 75 requests for surveillance warrants against suspected terrorists or foreign spies.
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You know I'd hate to take it to tilted parinoia but it seems this is mostly old news, and the NYT's timing of this new 'story' might be a bit suspect. Unless this is a current situation, and the story doesn't make anything like dates clear, this looks like activities which have been long exposed....
Things that make you go hmmmmmm.