Intercept: President Trump has inherited a vast domestic intelligence agency with extraordinary secret powers. A cache of documents offers a rare window into the FBI’s quiet expansion since 9/11. https://theintercept.com/series/the-fbis-secret-rules/
In this issue:
- Secret Rules Make It Pretty Easy for the FBI to Spy on Journalists
- In Secret Battle, Surveillance Court Reined in FBI Use of Information Obtained From Phone Calls
- Despite Anti-Profiling Rules, the FBI Uses Race and Religion When Deciding Who to Target
- National Security Letters Demand Data Companies Aren’t Obligated to Provide
- Hidden Loopholes Allow FBI Agents to Infiltrate Political and Religious Groups
- The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement
- Based on a Vague Tip, the Feds Can Surveil Anyone
- Undercover FBI Agents Swarm the Internet Seeking Contact With Terrorists
- How the FBI Conceals Its Payments to Confidential Sources
- The FBI Gives Itself Lots of Rope to Pull in Informants
- When Informants Are No Longer Useful, the FBI Can Help Deport Them