tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152963.post2527634956727811377..comments2023-10-20T05:03:10.942-04:00Comments on Indefensible: Absolutely corrupting powerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152963.post-61743884429225125772007-03-12T16:54:00.000-04:002007-03-12T16:54:00.000-04:00I found this quote from the Washington Post's edit...I found this quote from the Washington Post's editorial on the subject via Glenn Greenwald's blog at Salon. The numbers and extent of the misuse are truly stunning: <BR/><BR/>"Although the FBI itself reported to a review board a mere 26 instances in which information was improperly obtained, the real number appears to be much higher. Of just 77 files reviewed by the inspector general, 17 -- 22 percent -- revealed one or more instances in which information may have been obtained in violation of the law. <BR/><BR/>Indeed, the FBI's procedures were so slipshod, the report concludes, that it didn't even keep proper count of how many such letters were issued. The use of these letters ballooned from 8,500 in 2000 to 47,000 in 2005 -- but that "significantly understated" the real numbers, the report found."<BR/><BR/>We'll continue to hear this story spun as being simply a few violations and isolated incidents, but the numbers show otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152963.post-59658673030169141782007-03-12T16:50:00.000-04:002007-03-12T16:50:00.000-04:00I found this quote from the Washington Post's edit...I found this quote from the Washington Post's editorial on the subject via Glenn Greenwald's blog at Salon. The numbers and extent of the misuse are truly stunning: <BR/><BR/>"Although the FBI itself reported to a review board a mere 26 instances in which information was improperly obtained, the real number appears to be much higher. Of just 77 files reviewed by the inspector general, 17 -- 22 percent -- revealed one or more instances in which information may have been obtained in violation of the law. <BR/><BR/>Indeed, the FBI's procedures were so slipshod, the report concludes, that it didn't even keep proper count of how many such letters were issued. The use of these letters ballooned from 8,500 in 2000 to 47,000 in 2005 -- but that "significantly understated" the real numbers, the report found."<BR/><BR/>We'll continue to hear this story spun as being simply a few violations and isolated incidents, but the numbers show otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com