Washington – The Obama administration reportedly wants to make it easier for the FBI to obtain records on individual Internet activities without first obtaining a court order when it involves terrorism or intelligence investigations.
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The Washington Post reported on its website Wednesday night that the administration wants to add to the list of items that can be obtained without a judge’s permission any “electronic communication transactional records.”
The report said this new category of information could include e-mail addresses, times and dates that e-mails are sent and received, and possibly an Internet user’s browser history.
The newspaper said the data would not include actual content of e-mails and other communications.
This is very weird. It seems like it will be used for agencies like the IRS and the like. Otherwise the CIA should benefit from it,
I thought Obama made the word “terrorism” extinct?
as long as there are safeguards to prevent abuse (and “leaks” to agencies like irs etc.) this is needed. Terrorists do not deserve any leeway