Attorney General
Mukasey Says He’ll Give FBI More Authority to Gather Intelligence
Posted Aug 14, 2008, 06:23 am CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Attorney General Michael Mukasey said yesterday that he’ll loosen FBI restrictions on gathering intelligence in the United States and give the agency express authority for that mission.
Mukasey told an audience in Portland, Ore., that existing rules make it "harder to gather information about threats to the national security than it is to conduct ordinary criminal investigations," Bloomberg News reports. He delivered the remarks at an anti-terrorism conference, according to the Oregonian.
After the Sept. 11 attacks, Mukasey said, it became clear that the FBI needed to shift its national security focus from investigating crimes after they occur to collecting the intelligence to prevent attacks.
He said the changes will "remove unnecessary barriers"… Continue reading...
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