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| FBI wiretaps dropped due to unpaid bills |
| 2008-01-10 |
| Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time. A Justice Department audit released Thursday blamed the lost connections on the FBI's lax oversight of money used in undercover investigations. Poor supervision of the program also allowed one agent to steal $25,000, the audit said. In at least one case, a wiretap used in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act investigation "was halted due to untimely payment," the audit found. FISA wiretaps are used in the government's most sensitive and secretive criminal investigations, and allow eavesdropping on suspected terrorists or spies. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #3 "One [FBI]agent to steal $25,000" > So is the FBI watching the Mafia = bad guys, or are the Mafia = bad guys watching the FBI, AND WITH THE INSIDE HELP OF THE FBI = FBI, etc. PERSONNEL??? OWG-SWO NOW, D *** NG IT, AGENT JACK BAUER IS RUNNING OUT OF TIME! Iff only as HILLARY was once quoted, "WE NEED THE STATE/GOVT [read - free $$$] MORE INVOLVED IN OUR EVERYDAY LIVES". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-01-10 20:18 |
| #2 They don't have a good office manager in those FBI Regional Offices. Probably hired a college grad to reorganize the office. |
| Posted by: Throger Thains8048 2008-01-10 17:19 |
| #1 Do you hear me now.... |
| Posted by: Crazyhorse 2008-01-10 14:46 |