Thursday, January 31, 2008

Bush Anti-Terrorist Eavesdropping Spurs Criminal Investigations

Robert Schmidt and James Rowley write for Bloomberg News:

The Bush administration's use of clandestine eavesdropping to fight terrorism is fueling an increase in criminal cases that rely on cooperation between prosecutors and intelligence agents.

Eliminating the wall that discouraged intelligence officials from sharing evidence with prosecutors has led to a quadrupling in the number of criminal investigations drawing on evidence gathered by spy agencies since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Justice Department says. The actual number is classified.

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