EFF wants FBI surveillance rules made public
p2pnet news view | Freedom:- The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is suing the Department of Justice, demanding the public release of surveillance guidelines that govern investigations of Americans by the FBI.
FBI Domestic Investigative Operational Guidelines went into effect in December of 2008 and detail procedures and standards for implementing the attorney general’s guidelines on approved surveillance strategies, says the foundation, going on:
“The FBI’s general counsel has acknowledged that ‘the expansion of techniques available [to the Bureau] has raised privacy and civil liberties concerns.’
“Investigations can include the electronic collection of information from online sources and computer databases, as well as the use of grand jury subpoenas to obtain telephone and email subscriber information. Other recent policy changes allow the FBI to engage in free-ranging investigation of Internet sites, libraries, and religious institutions.”
The EFF says it filed its lawsuit after the DoJ failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for a complete copy of the guidelines.
Now, “The suit demands the immediate release of the guidelines, as they are being withheld in violation of federal law,” it says.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
EFF – Lawsuit Seeks Disclosure of Guidelines Governing Investigations of Americans, June 24, 2009
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