FBI snooped on thousands of Americans last year

Nick Farrell / The Inquirer | May 3 2006

THE FBI HAD a field day collecting shed-loads of personal data on Americans without needing to get approval from a court last year.
According to the Justice Department the FBI got data from banks, ISPs and other companies on more than 3,500 people under what are called 'national security letters'.

However, according to the Washington Post this figure is only the tip of the iceburg ,as the FBI issues more than 30,000 national security letters in a year. The government has denied this but has refused to release its own figures.

The FBI also used a controversial section of the Patriot Act to obtain business-related records 155 times last year.

According to the American Civil Liberties Union the fact that so much power resides in the hands of local FBI management with no court oversight was "very troubling" µ.

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One of the great collectors of personal data at the FBI was its director John Hoover who liked to collect files on people he didn't like, particularly politicians. He would then blackmail them with it. Of course, had they known that he liked putting on women's clothing and had close ties with the Mafia he might have not been so successful.

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