FBI seeks power to seize records without judicial OK
05/24/05
The FBI today asked Congress for sweeping new powers to seize business or private records, ranging from medical information to book purchases, to investigate terrorism without first securing approval from a judge. Valerie Caproni, FBI general counsel, told the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee her agency needed the power to issue what are known as administrative subpoenas to get information quickly about terrorist plots and the activities of foreign agents...
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3196016
from Houston Chronicle
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
The FBI today asked Congress for sweeping new powers to seize business or private records, ranging from medical information to book purchases, to investigate terrorism without first securing approval from a judge. Valerie Caproni, FBI general counsel, told the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee her agency needed the power to issue what are known as administrative subpoenas to get information quickly about terrorist plots and the activities of foreign agents...
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3196016
from Houston Chronicle
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 25. Mai, 10:18
