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...Pellicano. The ex-P.I., who previously worked for celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson, was released from prison last week after serving 30 months on unrelated federal weapons violations. In the latest case, he's charged with allegedly paying off two former police officers to access confidential FBI databases and DMV records. Some of the illegally obtained material was later allegedly used to engage in various surveillance operations, with three Pellicano clients, as well as a SBC phone company technician, also facing charges...
...Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will retain its present level of access to patron records at libraries—including Harvard’s—until March 10, after Congress voted to temporarily renew the U.S.A. Patriot Act Thursday. This second short-term renewal signals lawmakers’ reluctance to reauthorize the legislation over the long-term without changing the extent of the government’s access to library records. Harvard officials have argued that the FBI’s ability to demand patron information could have a chilling effect on academic freedom. “There...
...have no problem with the authorities rooting out terrorists by legal means, but Americans should remember the kind of information collected by FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and how he used it to threaten his personal enemies. One of Hoover's targets was Martin Luther King Jr. I would like to think that Canadian jurists would make quick work of any official who wiretapped without the approval of the court. Maurice A. Rhodes Nelson, Canada
...authority of public officials. We're sacrificing too much because of the Bush Administration's lust for unchecked power. Jerry Borrowman Sandy, Utah, U.S. I have no problem with the authorities' rooting out terrorists by legal means, but Americans should remember the kind of information collected by fbi chief J. Edgar Hoover and how he used it to threaten his personal enemies. One of Hoover's targets was Martin Luther King Jr. I would like to think that Canadian jurists would make quick work of any official who wiretapped without the approval of the court. Maurice A. Rhodes Nelson, Canada
...political or public relations problem for the administration. Late last week, according to the Albany Times-Union, lawyers for an Albany man accused of trying to sell missile launchers to terrorists asked a federal district court to dismiss the charges because evidence leading to his being targeted in an FBI sting operation was allegedly obtained by warrantless wiretapping. Gonzales was asked on CNN about terror suspects and wiretapping evidence. "I can't speak to specific cases," he said. "What I can say is we believe the program is lawful." But since not everyone sees it that way, the President might...