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FBI Cast Wide Net When Targeting Phone Records

Telecom firms asked to provide data
on suspects' 'community of interest'
WASHINGTON -- FBI demands to telecommunications companies went beyond requesting phone records of customers under suspicion to include analyses of their broader patterns of communication with others as well, newly obtained documents show. The Federal Bureau of Investigation used national security letters to request information on the wider "community of interest" linked to individuals under suspicion, according to the documents. Full story...

Posted by Editor at September 10, 2007 07:29 AM