Public Oversight, not just a Good Idea

We all knew it could happen...
Many knew it would happen...
Some even believed it was happening...
Here is the proof.
Why is it we would trust the Government to do ANYTHING if they cannot seem to provide proper Security and Oversight...
I propose PUBLIC Oversight Committees...keep the Government in Check ...

FBI Papers Indicate Intelligence Violations
Secret Surveillance Lacked Oversight

By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, October 24, 2005; Page A01

The FBI has conducted clandestine surveillance on some U.S. residents for as long as 18 months at a time without proper paperwork or oversight, according to previously classified documents to be released today.

Records turned over as part of a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit also indicate that the FBI has investigated hundreds of potential violations related to its use of secret surveillance operations, which have been stepped up dramatically since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks but are largely hidden from public view.

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