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Fox News has a story detailing the new direction of the FBI. Here are some excerpts that I find alarming (emphasis added):
According to the draft, early prevention, detection and empowerment are key to preventing terrorist attacks. The FBI will achieve such goals by "fully employing authorized methods in preliminary inquiries to prevent terrorism even before information warranting a full investigation has been obtained," and "undertaking investigation even where no present crime exists but facts or circumstances reasonably indicate that terrorist offenses will be committed."
"The FBI shall not hesitate to use any authorized lawful technique, even where intrusive, where the intrusiveness is warranted," the guidelines say. It also "removes blanket discouragement of more intrusive techniques in preliminary inquiries under prior policy, emphasizing rather that such methods are to be used."
I would rather take the risk of more terrorist attacks than live in a society that encourages such tactics.
Posted by Robert at May 29, 2002 03:57 PM