FBI obtained records 'illegally'
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The FBI illegally or improperly obtained information on the US public, a new justice department report says.
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FBI agents Thursday raided the offices where the Cook County government keeps its hiring records.
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In an August report, outside lawyers said the use of Social Security numbers to get phone records "more likely than not" broke federal law.
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Between three and four FBI laptops are lost or stolen each month and the agency often can't say whether data on the machines is sensitive or classified, according to the DOJ. By the Associated Press.
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he FBI underreported its use of the USA Patriot Act to force businesses to turn over customer information in suspected terrorism cases, according to a Justice Department audit
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The FBI wants to compile a massive computer database and analyze it for clues to unmask terrorist sleeper cells. Two congressmen are worried about whether the bureau will protect the privacy of U.S. citizens.
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The FBI has built a database with more than 659 million records -- including terrorist watch lists, intelligence cables and financial transactions -- culled from more than 50 FBI and other government agency sources. The system is one of the most powerful data analysis tools available to law...
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WASHINGTON Aug. 25, 2004 - Federal agents seized computers and software Wednesday as part of an investigation targeting an Internet network used to illegally share copyrighted music, movies, software and games, Attorney General John Ashcroft said.
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WASHINGTON - The FBI has a backlog of hundreds of thousands of hours of untranslated audio recordings from terror and espionage investigations, despite large increases in money and personnel for translations since the 2001 terror attacks, a Justice Department audit released Monday said.    In addition, the audit by Glenn A...
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After a months-long sting operation, FBI agents raided residences in Texas, Wisconsin and New York, bringing the Justice Department into campaign against illegal downloads. -The Washington Post
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FBI agents copied the computer hard drive of a senior official at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in their investigation of a Pentagon analyst suspected of turning over classified information to Israel, people familiar
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The FBI lost at least 10 laptop computers containing classified information during a four-year period ending in 2005, the Justice Department's inspector general has found.
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An internal FBI audit has found that the bureau potentially violated the law or agency rules more than 1,000 times while collecting data about domestic phone calls, e-mails and financial transactions in recent years, far more than was documented in a Justice Department report in March that ignited...
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FBI agents routinely avoid court order requirements to get information on cellphone subscribers, in possible violation of federal privacy laws, according to newly released FBI documents.
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Federal prosecutors are trying to force the A.C.L.U. to turn over copies of a document it received from a source.
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Defense Department interrogators impersonated FBI agents at the Guantanamo Bay prison to avoid being held accountable when they used &quot;torture techniques&quot; on a prisoner held there in the US war on terrorism, according to FBI e-mails
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Advocacy groups sued the FBI and the Department of Justice on Tuesday for failing to turn over records they requested on surveillance in the Muslim-American community.