Tuesday, 29. July 2008
Topic: SPY - on July 29, 2008 at 11:30:43 AM CEST
FBI Celebrates 100 Years of “Absolutely Not” Spying on Americans
As we know, the FBI is celebrating its 100th year this year. In honor of the anniversary, the agency recently released "Top Ten Myths in FBI History." Threat Level found "Myth #10) The FBI has Nikola Tesla’s plans for a ‘death ray’" the most entertaining of the 10. But our favorite has to be #4: "The Bureau routinely spies on the American people." The FBI claims:
Absolutely not…It’s always been a delicate balance between harnessing the tools at our disposal to solve crimes and prevent attacks and upholding the civil liberties of all Americans. Over the course of a century, we’ve made some mistakes, but they’ve been few and far between compared to the vast amount of work we do every day… After all, we live and work in our communities and cherish our country’s rights and freedoms like everyone else!
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