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WP: FBI Probes Lacked Oversight

Posted by HOLLY IN CINCINNATI, Copy Editor in At TMV.
Oct 24th, 2005 | no responses

FBI Papers Indicate Intelligence Violations; Secret Surveillance Lacked Oversight
By Dan Eggen, Washington Post Staff Writer

The FBI has conducted clandestine surveillance on some U.S. residents for as long as 18 months at a time without proper paperwork or oversight, according to previously classified documents to be released today.

Records turned over as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit also indicate that the FBI has investigated hundreds of potential violations related to its use of secret surveillance operations, which have been stepped up dramatically since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks but are largely hidden from public view…



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