Blue Herald
10
Jul
Gonzales Knew of FBI Violations
by QuestionGirl • 8:58 am

Ok, the guy has lied to congress over and over and over. Isn’t there SOMETHING they can do about that other than hold more hearings and blah blah blah about it????

WASHINGTON — Attorney General Alberto Gonzales received reports detailing legal or procedural violations by FBI agents in the months before he told senators that no such abuses had occurred, The Washington post reported Tuesday.

In April 2005, while seeking renewal of the broad powers granted law enforcement under the USA Patriot Act, Gonzales said, “There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse” from the law enacted after the 9/11 terror attacks.

According to the Post, Gonzales had received a least half a dozen reports describing such violations in the three months before he made that statement. The newspaper obtained the internal FBI documents under the Freedom of Information Act.

The violations, the Post reported, included unauthorized surveillance and an illegal property search.

More at the Washington Post



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