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FBI searched for name of US senator facing foreign threat in latest improper use of intelligence database (www.cnn.com)
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Newly declassified court documents revealed Friday that the FBI improperly searched for the name of a US senator in an intelligence database after indications of a foreign threat against the lawmaker, as the intelligence program has come under a barrage of criticism in Congress and from privacy advocates.

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[–] overzeetop 2 points 2 years ago

Wait…so we’re concerned that verified or corroborated information on a foreign threat can’t be researched because we might turn up wrongdoing on the part of a IS Senator? You’ll have to excuse my lack of privacy concern that a person I pay can’t do research on someone else I’ve pay to determine if there is something illegal going on. Personally, I’m fucking tired of treating our elected officials like they’re God Anointed Royals.