Keep a straight face as you read this piece from CommonDreams:
"The FBI didn’t deliberately break the law by improperly obtaining thousands of Americans’ phone, e-mail and financial records, Bureau Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
That was the good news. But then came the bad:
It happened, Mueller said, because of “mistakes, carelessness, confusion, lack of training, lack of guidance and lack of adequate oversight.”
Then came this line, which senators didn’t find reassuring either:
The FBI’s use of inaccurate information to obtain secret search warrants? The problem was “very lengthy documents . . . with thousands of facts.”
Mueller didn’t mention how the bureau also managed to lose weapons and laptop computers.
He was addressing a series of recent reports of FBI bungling - making the agency seem sort of like Homer Simpson, but with guns - notably an inspector general’s conclusion that the bureau had improperly used so-called “national security letters” that allow investigators to obtain private information without a judge’s approval."
"The FBI didn’t deliberately break the law by improperly obtaining thousands of Americans’ phone, e-mail and financial records, Bureau Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
That was the good news. But then came the bad:
It happened, Mueller said, because of “mistakes, carelessness, confusion, lack of training, lack of guidance and lack of adequate oversight.”
Then came this line, which senators didn’t find reassuring either:
The FBI’s use of inaccurate information to obtain secret search warrants? The problem was “very lengthy documents . . . with thousands of facts.”
Mueller didn’t mention how the bureau also managed to lose weapons and laptop computers.
He was addressing a series of recent reports of FBI bungling - making the agency seem sort of like Homer Simpson, but with guns - notably an inspector general’s conclusion that the bureau had improperly used so-called “national security letters” that allow investigators to obtain private information without a judge’s approval."
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