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Bush-Era Rule Grants FBI Unprecedented Investigative Powers

By | 04.21.09 | 3:52 pm

Veterans groups and conservatives roared last week when news broke that the FBI was targeting veterans in a broad probe of extremist groups. But little noise was made in December, when the Bush administration quietly granted the FBI wide-ranging authority to investigate individuals or groups, regardless More…