The Media Consoritum

HEAT-SEEKING MISSIVES

By Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium

An internal FBI report detailing the Bureau's abuse of its data-gathering powers is shining a light on a favorite tool: the national security letter. If you receive one, you're not allowed to tell anybody. But you are obliged to fork over the information the letter demands. A Senate committee seeks to rein in that power with new legislation.

Iran Policy Counterattack

by Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium: Fri., Nov 9, 2007
Filed under: War Making and Oversight