FBI to help investigate leak of documents on Afghan war

dipsydoodle

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Thu Jul-29-10 04:56 PM
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FBI to help investigate leak of documents on Afghan war

Source: BBC News

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has called in the FBI to help with the inquiry into the leaking of more than 90,000 classified military records.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-10811677

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BootinUp

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Thu Jul-29-10 04:58 PM
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1. Send Booth and Bones nt

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Pavulon

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Thu Jul-29-10 04:59 PM
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2. Pfc fuckmyjob is going to die in federal prison..

seems reasonable to me.. The papers are very clear when you sign them.

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seafan

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Thu Jul-29-10 05:16 PM
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3. Plenty of effort to punish political enemies, but none to protect the rights of citizens.

We've been down this ugly road before.

FBI to help investigate leak of documents on Afghan war (BBC), July 29, 2010

White House proposal would ease FBI access to records of Internet activity, July 30, 2010

FBI admits it has improperly obtained NYT/WP reporters' phone records, August 9, 2008

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An initial report by the inspector general last year found that the F.B.I. had violated its own policies in tens of thousands of cases by obtaining phone records in terrorism investigations through what are known as national security letters, without first getting needed approval or meeting other standards. In some cases, the F.B.I. used a whole new class of demands - emergency or "exigent" letters - that are not authorized by law. The emergency records were used in the Indonesian episode.

The inspector general's findings have prompted outrage in Congress, with leading lawmakers calling for greater checks on the F.B.I.'s ability to gather private information in terrorism investigations. But bureau officials say they have instituted internal reforms to solve the problem.

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Yeah, right.

Where the hell did America go?

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ixion

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Thu Jul-29-10 05:19 PM
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4. They only care because they were exposed...

vermin don't like the daylight.

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dipsydoodle

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Thu Jul-29-10 06:01 PM
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6. Right on the nail

It's destroyed all of the spin in one swoop.

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EFerrari

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Thu Jul-29-10 05:55 PM
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5. I guess bin Laden will just have to wait.

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pmorlan1

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Thu Jul-29-10 07:17 PM
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7. Pitiful

We can investigate whistleblowers but we can't investigate war crimes.

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lib2DaBone

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Thu Jul-29-10 08:09 PM
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8. Destroy the Whistleblower... everything back to normal...FUBAR

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