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EFF sues for publication of FBI domestic surveillance manual

arstechnica.com — If you wanted to know what guidelines the FBI sets for itself internally to govern the surveillance of US citizens, you'd be out of luck. The document that the FBI looks to for guidance in protecting your civil liberties from its own snooping is itself a secret, so the EFF has filed suit to have it released.

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  • yeahaboutthat, on 06/25/2009, -2/+48You've got to give a big "diggs up" to the EFF. They are the IT-based equivalent of the ACLU, and their efforts deserve our sincere thanks and support. Go EFF!!
  • inactive, on 06/25/2009, -1/+30Just put that ***** up on wikileaks.
  • Waiting2awake, on 06/25/2009, -1/+25The EFF, fighting the good fight since inception. Sad day when they care more about our freedoms than we do..
  • Ghostalker, on 06/25/2009, -2/+26I'll bet the EFF has a whole chapter of that manual dedicated just to them.
  • thewonster, on 06/25/2009, -2/+15It is really sad watching the breakdown of our control of the government. The FBI has documents that incriminates itself! Hah! It won't be easy getting ahold of them...
  • Barackalypse, on 06/26/2009, -3/+13Hey President Obama, is this going to be yet another exception in your commitment to "unprecedented level of openness in Government"? The whole state secrets thing is getting a little bit old.
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Transpa ...
  • kopiwrite, on 06/26/2009, -0/+4Huh? We ARE the EFF!!! Donate!

    https://secure.eff.org/site/Donation
  • Gumphlumph, on 06/26/2009, -3/+6FBI = Fumbling Bungling Idiots
  • spritom, on 06/26/2009, -2/+4There's probably a satellite dedicated to the EFF by now.
  • darthjure, on 06/26/2009, -1/+3Do you not understand sarcasm? It's ok, some people have trouble with it at first but with practice you'll figure it out. Welcome to the internet champ, you're doing great!
  • spankaccount, on 06/28/2009, -0/+2Um good luck with that...
  • FrameWraith, on 06/26/2009, -4/+6Do you purposefully say really stupid *****? Reread what you typed then take a deep breath and punch yourself in the face a few times and maybe that will help. Once for me too. Thanks.
  • JohnnySoftware, on 07/09/2009, -0/+1Hardly surprising it is a secret. What does EFF plan to do with it when they get it, "spell check" it?

    Sounds like perhaps EFF wants to show in an existing court case that the FBI did not follow its own rule book. Presumably, that would cast a shadow over the case. However, that is not spelled out by the article.
  • DiggMasterJ, on 06/26/2009, -1/+2The secret is they don't exist.
  • darthjure, on 06/26/2009, -9/+5They should also demand a list of all undercover spies, what countries they're in, what their cover is, etc. All information should be public information, right?

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