On the downside, don't forget in addition to possible nuclear war, deception and secrecy, hiding 20 years' worth of similar activities away from prying prosecutorial eyes, SecDef declaring a lifetime of terror as a fine way to live .
Got a new one to add to the list...Ashcroft doesn't need evidence any more...not that he actually cares about evidence. It's easier to throw people in detention as a 'witness' and move them around so no ones knows what court has jurisdiction.
FBI Given More Latitude
New Surveillance Rules Remove Evidence Hurdle
By Susan Schmidt and Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 30, 2002; Page A01
New Justice Department guidelines to be unveiled today will give FBI agents latitude to monitor Internet sites, libraries and religious institutions without first having to offer evidence of potential criminal activity, officials said yesterday.
The changes, part of the Justice Department's effort to mount a proactive war on terror, will mark a significant change for the FBI. While agents have been permitted in the past to conduct such surveillance if they had specific information, they have been loath to do so because of confusion about what was actually permitted, law enforcement officials said.
Justice Department and FBI officials said the guidelines will remove serious barriers to the prevention of terrorism.
"The concern is when we're confronted with people like [Zacarias] Moussaoui, or even some of the hijackers, who are known to spend substantial periods of time in mosques or other similar situations, it is very difficult to find out what they're up to," said one senior law enforcement official...........
washingtonpost.com
Who is the moron that picks Moussaoui as an example? They have the dude under arrest; Minneapolis wants to get a search warrant which FBI HQ refuses; they nix Minneapolis trying to work with the CIA...but what they really needed was to monitor Moussaoui in the library without any evidence?!?!? Check your local library and churches for hidden microphones and cameras brought to you by an FBI office near you.
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