Surveillance tactics used by FBI remain ‘mysterious,’ ‘quiet’

If the FBI ever breaks into my house I hope they’d catch a lungful of whatever it is growing in my sink.


    WASHINGTON – They have broken into homes, offices, hotel rooms and automobiles. Copied private computer files. Installed hidden cameras. Listened with microphones in one couple’s bedroom for more than a year. Rummaged through luggage. Eavesdropped on telephone conversations.

    It’s the FBI, operating with permission from a secretive U.S. court in a high-stakes effort pitting the nation’s premier law enforcement agency against the world’s spies and terrorists.

    Most Americans never see this side of the FBI.

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