This is great

Orenthal James · 10-01-2005, 04:57 PM

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...04/1012/NEWS06

FBI says it sometimes taps wrong phone lines

Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The FBI says it sometimes gets the wrong number when it intercepts conversations in terrorism investigations, an admission critics say underscores a need to revise the Patriot Act's wiretap provisions.
The FBI would not say how often these mistakes happen. And, though any incriminating evidence mistakenly collected is not legally admissible in a criminal case, there is no way of knowing whether it is used to begin an investigation.

Parts of the Patriot Act, including a section on "roving wiretaps," will expire in December. Such wiretaps allow the FBI to get permission from a secret federal court to listen in on any phone line or monitor any Internet account that a terrorism suspect might be using, regardless of whether others who are not suspects also regularly use it.
The bureau's acknowledgment that it makes mistakes in some wiretaps -- although not specifically roving wiretaps -- came in a Justice Department inspector general's report on the FBI's backlog of intercepted but unreviewed foreign-language conversations.
The 38,514 untranslated hours *******d an undetermined number from what the FBI called "collections of materials from the wrong sources due to technical problems."
Spokesman Ed Cogswell said that language describes instances in which the tap was placed on a telephone number other than the one authorized by a court.
"That's mainly an instance in which the telephone company hooked us up to the wrong number or a clerical error here gives us the wrong number," he said.
He had no estimate of how often that happens but said that when it does, the FBI is required to inform the secret court that approved the intercept.
The Patriot Act, passed 45 days after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, gave the government sweeping powers in terrorism investigations, including allowing the use of roving wiretaps.

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killer_tomato · 10-01-2005, 05:03 PM

this is a bit of a joke when you think about echelon

Orenthal James · 10-01-2005, 05:18 PM

tl; dr

10-01-2005, 04:57 PM	#1
Orenthal James Minion of Satan Location: standard hotel accommodation Posts: 9,399	This is great http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...04/1012/NEWS06 FBI says it sometimes taps wrong phone lines Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The FBI says it sometimes gets the wrong number when it intercepts conversations in terrorism investigations, an admission critics say underscores a need to revise the Patriot Act's wiretap provisions. The FBI would not say how often these mistakes happen. And, though any incriminating evidence mistakenly collected is not legally admissible in a criminal case, there is no way of knowing whether it is used to begin an investigation. Parts of the Patriot Act, including a section on "roving wiretaps," will expire in December. Such wiretaps allow the FBI to get permission from a secret federal court to listen in on any phone line or monitor any Internet account that a terrorism suspect might be using, regardless of whether others who are not suspects also regularly use it. The bureau's acknowledgment that it makes mistakes in some wiretaps -- although not specifically roving wiretaps -- came in a Justice Department inspector general's report on the FBI's backlog of intercepted but unreviewed foreign-language conversations. The 38,514 untranslated hours *******d an undetermined number from what the FBI called "collections of materials from the wrong sources due to technical problems." Spokesman Ed Cogswell said that language describes instances in which the tap was placed on a telephone number other than the one authorized by a court. "That's mainly an instance in which the telephone company hooked us up to the wrong number or a clerical error here gives us the wrong number," he said. He had no estimate of how often that happens but said that when it does, the FBI is required to inform the secret court that approved the intercept. The Patriot Act, passed 45 days after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, gave the government sweeping powers in terrorism investigations, including allowing the use of roving wiretaps. Copyright 2005 IndyStar.com. All rights reserved

10-01-2005, 05:03 PM	#2
killer_tomato Apocalyptic Poster Location: london Posts: 4,949	this is a bit of a joke when you think about echelon

10-01-2005, 05:18 PM	#3
Orenthal James Minion of Satan Location: standard hotel accommodation Posts: 9,399	tl; dr