Under President Barack Obama, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has dramatically increased its use of a controversial provision of the Patriot Act (pdf) to pry into the business records of U.S. citizens.
The probing involves Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which permits the FBI to obtain business records and other “tangible things”—including “books, records, papers, documents and other items,” as part of a terrorism or foreign intelligence investigation.
In 2009, the FBI reported to Congress that it had used Section 215 only 21 times to access business records.
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/fbis-use-of-patriot-act-to-secretly-obtain-americans-business-records-increased-by-1000-percent-under-obama-130613?news=850284
The probing involves Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which permits the FBI to obtain business records and other “tangible things”—including “books, records, papers, documents and other items,” as part of a terrorism or foreign intelligence investigation.
In 2009, the FBI reported to Congress that it had used Section 215 only 21 times to access business records.
http://www.allgov.com/news/top-stories/fbis-use-of-patriot-act-to-secretly-obtain-americans-business-records-increased-by-1000-percent-under-obama-130613?news=850284
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