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F.B.I. Giving Agents New Powers in Revised Manual
The F.B.I. soon plans to issue a new edition of its manual, called the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide , according to an official who has worked on the draft document and several others who have been briefed on its contents.A.C.L.U. Releases F.B.I. Documents on Ethnic and Religious Groups
The documents show that in recent years, agents identified Arab-American and Muslim communities in Michigan as a potential terrorist recruitment ground; noted an increase in the African-American population of Georgia when analyzing “Black Separatist” groups; identified Chinese and Russian communities in San Francisco as a place to look for organized crime syndicates; and highlighted Latino communities as potentially harboring the Central American gang MS-13. In a letter to Attorney General Eric H.
Congress and the public should demand more oversight of changing FBI rules on domestic surveillance It just got easier for the federal government to collect information about innocent Americans -- and those Americans have had surprisingly little say in the matter. On October 15, the FBI reportedly implemented new rules that relax restrictions on, and oversight of, the FBI's intelligence collection activities.
When Did It Become Legal to Spy on Americans? - Emily Berman - Politics