2008-04-19 FBI Abuse of National Security Letters

2008-04-19 \USA PATRIOT Act\FBI\North Carolina State University\Robert Mueller http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/04/fbi-abuse-of-national-security-letters-new-revelations/ FBI Abuse of â€œNational Security Lettersâ€ â€” New Revelations &ldquo;Incredibly, the Bureau delayed its own investigation in North Carolina "by forcing a field agent to return documents acquired from a U.S. university," Ryan Singel reports. "Why? Because the agent received the documents through a lawful subpoena, while headquarters wanted him to demand the records under the USA Patriot Act, using a power the FBI did not have, but desperately wanted. .. When a North Carolina State University lawyer correctly rejected the second records demand, the FBI obtained another subpoena. Two weeks later, the delay was cited by FBI director Robert Mueller in congressional testimony as proof that the USA Patriot Act needed to be expanded.&rdquo;    