Law forbids NSA from passing information to other agencies for criminal investigations, but we know they pass it to the DEA and IRS, and they probably pass it to everybody else.
"Information obtained under the authority of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) "shall not be used in any criminal proceeding, including grand jury proceedings and warrant affidavits, without the express written approval of the Attorney General of the United States" – and it says so right there in the legal boilerplate included in the FBI’s 2004 memo launching an investigation into Antiwar.com, myself, and our webmaster Eric Garris. "This shows once again that laws are for serfs, not rulers. They never obey that law.
"Reuters goes on to note: "The IRS is among two dozen arms of the government working with the Special Operations Division, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency." Government sneaks share their information: wasn’t that the whole point of the post-9/11 "reform" of the intelligence agencies? The noose is tightening around our necks, and it’s been so effective because they’ve been doing it in the dark – so that by the time we realize what’s happening, it’s too late."The only limit to spying is technical, never legal.
"Just imagine what the IRS could do with information supplied by the XKeyscorers’ at the NSA! This puts the IRS targeting of Tea Party groups in an entirely new light. For that matter, imagine what the Justice Department could do with it: surely the temptation to read lawyer-client emails, and/or eavesdrop on privileged conversations, has presented itself to government prosecutors. How many have succumbed?"All of them.
FBI agents claim a kidnapper camping in the wilderness fired at least one shot at them before they killed him. I'm skeptical. It would have been easy for them to just kill him then claim he fired first.
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