The Ten Most Disturbing Things You Should Know About the FBI Since 9/11
On September 4, 2013, James Comey became the 7th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The first change in leadership at the bureau since the 9/11 attacks provides Congress, the president, and the attorney general the opportunity to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the FBI’s post-9/11 policies and programs. Over the last 12 years, the FBI has become a domestic intelligence agency with unprecedented power to peer into the lives of ordinary Americans and secretly amass data about people not suspected of any wrongdoing. That power has inevitably led to persistent and unconstitutional abuses of authority, some of which are highlighted below. For a comprehensive look at how the FBI once again became a domestic spying agency and its impact on civil liberties and privacy, read:
USA Patriot Act Abuse
2008 Amendments to the Attorney General's Guidelines
Racial and Ethnic Mapping
Unrestrained Data Collection and Data Mining
Suppressing Internal Dissent: The FBI War on Whistleblowers
Targeting Journalists
Thwarting Congressional Oversight
Targeting First Amendment Activity
Proxy Detentions
Use of No-Fly List to Pressure Americans Abroad to Become Informants
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