Brickbat: Secret Snooping

The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has found the FBI improperly searched an intelligence database for information on a U.S. senator, a state senator, and a state judge. It did not release the names of those three. The U.S. senator and state senator were reportedly believed to be the targets of a foreign intelligence service. The judge had come to the FBI's attention by filing a civil rights complaint against a local police chief. An FBI official told ABC News that the agency has policies in place to prevent such searches but the agents who searched the database did not follow those policies.

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[Stuck in California]

Question: Why is it a big deal that politicians are being searched? What about the thousands and thousands of illegal searches on people NOT politically connected?

Oh well. I guess it’s OK. I mean, if you’re not doing anything wrong you don’t have anything to worry about, what with the outstanding integrity of the FBI. Using a secret court. That rubberstamps everything and against which you have no recourse. And that doesn’t offer any disincentive to misuse it like losing a job or criminal or civil liability.

Yeah, it’ll be fine.

[SQRLSY One]

"...if you’re not doing anything wrong you don’t have anything to worry about..."

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[Liberty Lover]

Question: Why is it a big deal that politicians are being searched?
Politicians have a lot more to hide.

[MWAocdoc]

"... the agency has policies in place to prevent such searches but the agents who searched the database did not follow those policies."

Those agents were called onto our very plush carpet and given a severe talking-to. They said they were very sorry and would never do it again! One of them even sniffled into his hanky in obvious remorse. Apparently he was so distraught that he wasn't able to watch the latest episode of "Blue Bloods" on tee-vee that night. As word spread through the Agency about the tongue-lashing, Agents were reported to be consoling each other in hallways and courtroom lobbies across America. Yup! The FBI has investigated itself and the problem has been corrected, you betcha!

[Jerryskids]

Severe talkings-to are the policy for failure to follow policy.

[rbike]

More training, yes, that will fix it.

[SRG]

Or the threat of paid suspension

[Adans smith]

So, business as usual at the FBI, since 1906.

[EMR-TEK]

[Fist of Etiquette]

An FBI official told ABC News that the agency has policies in place to prevent such searches but the agents who searched the database did not follow those policies.

At least they had policies in place.

[flag58]

I don't care about the names of the victims. I want the perps (FBI agents) named.

[Longtobefree]

I guess brickbats are too short to go into the part where the agents were fired, lost their pensions, and jailed, right?

[Dillinger]

>>An FBI official told ABC News that the agency has policies in place

literally just told my new assistant "yes we have policies here but on this one thing I prefer ..." why would it be any different @Flowers By Irene?

[mad.casual]

The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has found the FBI improperly searched an intelligence database for information on a U.S. senator, a state senator, and a state judge... that we know of... so far... this year.

FIFY.

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