June 24th, 2009
Rights group sues FBI to reveal its surveillance rules
BY Daneil Tencer, Raw Story
“The Attorney General’s Guidelines are troubling, allowing for open investigative ‘assessments’ of any American without factual basis or reasonable suspicion,” EFF lawyer David Sobel said in a statement. “The withholding of the Operational Guidelines compounds our concerns. Americans have the right to know the basic surveillance policies used by federal investigators and how their privacy is — or is not — being protected.”
Related Issues: FOIA Litigation for Accountable Government, Privacy, Transparency
Related Cases: FOIA: FBI's Domestic Investigative Operational Guidelines
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