1.0 link 125931 <![CDATA[New FBI Rules Would Make Domestic Surveillance Even Easier]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/12/new-fbi-rules-will-make-s_n_125931.html The Justice Department will unveil changes to FBI ground rules today that would put much more power into the hands of line agents pursuing leads on national security, foreign intelligence and even ordinary criminal cases.

The overhaul, the most substantial revision to FBI operating instructions in years, also would ease some reporting requirements between agents, their supervisors and federal prosecutors in what authorities call a critical effort to improve information gathering and detect terrorist threats.

The changes would give the FBI's more...

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