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F.B.I. Casts Wide Net Under Relaxed Rules for Terror Inquiries, Data Show

  • berkeleycopwatch
  • Apr 1, 2011
  • 1 min read

Charlie Savage for the New York Times (March 26, 2011)


When the Mukasey guidelines went into effect in December 2008, they allowed the F.B.I. to use a new category of investigation called an “assessment.” It permits an agent, “proactively or based on investigative leads,” to scrutinize a person or a group for signs of a criminal or national security threat, according to the F.B.I. manual.



And, the link to the PDF of the FBI’s Domestic Operations and Investigations Guide, Unclassified on 7-8-2009:


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