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Old 01-22-2010, 01:45 PM
 
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"Buried under the roar of the media's obsession with Apple's looming tablet computer this week was a tiny little story about an agency you might have heard about (the FBI) repeatedly breaking the law by faking terrorism emergencies in order to get phone customer data. According to the Post, the FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 "by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist" the adherence to law eventually became so slack, that requests for private user data devolved to the point where even one request was made by Post It Note"

AT&T Repeatedly Helped FBI Break Communications Law - As the President decides to change privacy laws he doesn't like... - dslreports.com
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