FBI Fails to Pay Phone Bills on Critical Surveillance

[Julian Delphiki]

By failing to pay its phone bills on time, the FBI had the line cut on a wiretap in a national security investigation ordered by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and missed other opportunities to collect key surveillance, according to a government report released Thursday.

"Telecommunications carriers actually disconnected phone lines established to deliver surveillance results to the FBI, resulting in lost evidence, including an instance where delivery of intercept information, required by a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act order, was halted, due to untimely payment," Justice Department Inspector General Glenn Fine noted in the report.

FBI

[Imran Siddiqui]

[LordShiva]

They should have got on teh family plan with teh CIA and NSA.

[-Jrabbit]

Incroyable!

[Winston]

Obviously, more quarters should be provided for the FBI next time their budget comes up.

[snoopy369]

But then how will the Secret Service do its laundry?

[b etor]

[Julian Delphiki]

Originally posted by snoopy369
But then how will the Secret Service do its laundry?

CIA does the dirty laundry .

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by b etor

Yeah, you would never make such a mistake.

[Zkribbler]

Just how big of a phone bill did b etor run up that even the federal goverment can't afford to pay?

[Lord Avalon]

It's just karma getting the government back for making the phone companies give up data.

[Julian Delphiki]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
Just how big of a phone bill did b etor run up that even the federal goverment can't afford to pay?

"For example, a primary carrier sent a list to one of the field divisions we tested, detailing $66,000 in unpaid telecommunication costs resulting from surveillance activity."

One example.

[LordShiva]

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by b etor

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my ccoampoaanyt maakeis maista kes at tosamies
as we'll

Hang tuaofhg

Garamsp

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by LordShiva

LS

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Fuuannee thanks yoau mya feirend