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: : k Great.. Just what we need.. more regulation. -----Original ----- Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 2:39 PM Subject: Re: k WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department (news <http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search /news?p=%22Justice%20Department%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> - web <http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S __Government/Executive_Branch/Departments_and_Agencies/Department_of_Justi ce__DOJ_/> sites) sharply eased restrictions on domestic spying Thursday, handing the FBI (news <http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search /news?p=%22FBI%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> - web <http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S __Government/Executive_Branch/Departments_and_Agencies/Department_of_Justi ce__DOJ_/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation__FBI_/> sites) broad, new authority to monitor Internet sites, libraries, churches and political organizations for clues to terrorist plots. Photos <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=index&cid=702> <http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020529/168/1m7x5.html> AP Photo Audio/Video <http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/a/g/?u> <javascript:rs(> AP <javascript:rs(> FBI Chief Announces Reorganization Plans (AP) The changes were announced by Attorney General John Ashcroft (news <http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.news.yahoo.com/search /news?p=%22John%20Ashcroft%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw> - web <http://rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/manual/*http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search? cs=nw&p=John%20Ashcroft> sites) and FBI Director Robert Mueller. Ashcroft, claiming FBI agents in the field have been hampered by a range of bureaucratic restrictions, said the new guidelines would help them to do their jobs. "These restrictions are a competitive advantage for terrorists," Ashcroft said of existing rules. He said, for instance, that under present guidelines, FBI agents "cannot surf the Web, the way you and I can," and cannot simply walk into public events to observe people and activities. The new guidelines give FBI agents more freedom to investigate terrorism even when they are not pursuing a particular case. ====================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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