EFF Demands Public Release of FBI Surveillance Rules

pWashington, D.C. – The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against the Department of Justice today, demanding the public release of the surveillance guidelines that govern investigations of Americans by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)./p pThe FBI’s Domestic Investigative Operational Guidelines went into effect in December of 2008 and detail the Bureau’s procedures and standards for implementing the Attorney General’s Guidelines on approved surveillance strategies./p pThe Attorney General’s Guidelines are troubling, allowing for open investigative ‘assessments’ of any American without factual basis or reasonable suspicion, said EFF Senior Counsel David Sobel. The withholding of the Operational Guidelines compounds our concerns

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EFF Demands Public Release of FBI Surveillance Rules