Civil libertarians are concerned about news that FBI agents will soon get expanded snooping powers to try to find crooks and terrorists. The FBI will soon issue a new manual that will give agents broader leeway to search people’s computer databases, surveil “suspects”, and sort through their household trash. A former agent who’s now an ACLU lawyer said this has the potential for abuse.
- They got the idea after going through Osama bin Laden’s trash… they found a terrorist manifesto along with a lot of Camel poop.
- How much “I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter” spray I go through in a week is nobody’s business but my own!