Michael Isikoff at NBC News reports that the FBI has "dramatically increased its use of a controversial provision of the Patriot Act to secretly obtain a vast store of business records of U.S. citizens under President Barack Obama." The FBI filed 212 requests for this kind of data in a national security court last year, which represents a 1,000-percent increase from the number of similar requests four years prior.
FBI's use of Patriot Act to collect US citizens' records up 1,000 percent
NYC tries to kill traffic cam selfie site, has never heard of Streisand effect
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Walmart employees now wearing bodycams
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Find the perfect color match every time with this handy dandy sensor
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