Attorney General Grants FBI New Spying Powers
Attorney General Michael Mukasey has given the FBI new authoritative powers to freely investigate Americans without any cause or suspicion that a crime has been committed to warrant such spying. One of the techniques that the FBI can now use is that agents can interview neighbors or friends without informing them of who they are. Some feel that opening the door to even more invasive and overreaching spying techniques would give the government the freedom to spy on people based on their race, religion or political activities. The government has after all instituted the warrantless eavesdropping program, a spying program that many feel has breeched Americans’ civil liberties.
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