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April 2, 2008

ACLU: Military Skirting Law to Spy

By Margaret Bassett

ACLU, according to AP, is in court regarding the method used to obtain information from ISPs, telecoms, and financial institutions. Instead of relying on national security letters solely, some probes are made first by the FBI. "The DoD may be accessing the kinds of records they are not allowed to get," says their attorney.

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ACLU, according to AP, is in court regarding the method used to obtain information from ISPs, telecoms, and financial institutions. Instead of relying on national security letters solely, some probes are made first by the FBI. "The DoD may be accessing the kinds of records they are not allowed to get," says their attorney.

Authors Bio:
Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.

Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.

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