Privacy Digest

Reason Magazine - Hit & Run > Who Could Have Foreseen the FBI's Failure to Oversee Itself?: "Members of Congress, including Republicans as well as Democrats, are dismayed that the FBI has failed to adequately supervise itself to prevent misuse of 'national security letters' demanding phone, email, and financial records. A recent report from Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine revealed, among other abuses, that the FBI was keeping incomplete records of NSLs and asserting 'exigent circumstances' that did not exist. The legislators who voted to give the FBI the authority to unilaterally grab whatever records it thinks might be useful for investigating terrorism are amazed at the lack of proper oversight:"

(Via Ken's Weblog - Still missing the obvious solution.)