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[FYI] Ashcroft Seeking to Free F.B.I. to Spy on Groups



http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/01/national/01BURE.html

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December 1, 2001  

LIBERTY AND SECURITY  

Ashcroft Seeking to Free F.B.I. to Spy on Groups  

By DAVID JOHNSTON and DON VAN NATTA Jr.  

ASHINGTON, Nov. 30 — Attorney General John Ashcroft is considering a 
plan to relax restrictions on the F.B.I.'s spying on religious and 
political organizations in the United States, senior government 
officials said today.  

The proposal would loosen one of the most fundamental restrictions on 
the conduct of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and would be 
another step by the Bush administration to modify civil-liberties 
protections as a means of defending the country against terrorists, 
the senior officials said.  

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