30 April 2006

The FBI spied on 3,501 U.S. citizens and legal residents last year

The Associated Press is reporting that the FBI spied on over 3,500 U.S. citizens and legal residents last year without court approval. They secretly combed through our bank and credit card info and our telephone and Internet records.

[Read story.]

They're supposedly doing this to catch terrorists. You see, reading your e-mail from your Aunt Millie will help them to uncover new al-Qaeda plots. Uh-huh.

And, if their spying is so legitimate, why do they not get a court order?

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