FBI Director Robert Mueller struggled Tuesday to convince skeptical senators that -- despite recent abuses -- the FBI should retain Patriot Act authority to gather telephone, e-mail and financial records without a judge's approval. Grim-faced and sometimes even looking pained, Mueller testified at the Senate Judiciary Committee's second hearing into a Justice Department inspector general's report this month that revealed abuses in the FBI's use of documents called national security letters to gather data.
March 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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FBI Director Robert Mueller struggled Tuesday to convince skeptical senators that — despite recent abuses — the FBI should retain Patriot Act authority to gather telephone, e-mail and financial records without a judge’s approval.
“The statute did not cause the errors. The FBI’s implementation did,” the FBI chief told the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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