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Show DAILY A2 banks, credit bureaus and other businesses produce personal records about their customers Continued from Al or subscribers. About three-fourtof the letters issued be"People have to believe in tween 2003 and 2005 involved what we say," Gonzales said. "And so I think this was very counterterror cases, with the rest for espionage investigaupsetting to me. And it's frustions, the audit reported. trating." "We have some work to do and Shoddy record-keepinhuman error were to blame to reassure members of Congress and the American people for the bulk of the problems, that we are serious about being said Justice auditors, who were careful to note they found no responsible in the exercise of indication of criminal misconthese authorities," he said. Under the Patriot Act, the duct. national security letters give Still, "we believe the imthe FBI authority to demand proper or illegal uses we found involve serious misuses of that telephone companies, national security letter authori Internet service providers, FBI Saturday, March 10, 2007 HERALD ties, the audit concluded. FBI Director Robert S. Mueller said many of the problems were being fixed, including by building a better internal data collection system and training employees on the limits of their authority. The FBI has also scrapped the use of "exigent letters," which were used to gather information without the signed permission of an autho- asked to resign, nor had he discussed doing so with other officials. He said employees would probably face disciplinary actions, not criminal charges, following an internal investigation of how the violations occurred. The audit incensed lawmakers in Congress already seething over the recent dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys. Demorized official crats who lead House and Sen"But the question should and ate judiciary and intelligence must be asked How could this oversight panels promised happen? Who is accountable?" hearings on the findings. SevMueller said. "And the answer eral lawmakers Republicans to that is, I am to be held acand Democrats alike raised countable." the possibility of scaling back Mueller said he had not been the FBI's authority. "It's up to Congress to end these abuses as soon as possible," said Sea Edward M. who sits Kennedy, on the Senate Judiciary Committee. "The Patriot Act was never intended to allow the Bush administration to violate fundamental constitutional rights." Rep. Pete Hoekstra, top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said the audit shows "a major failure by Justice to uphold the law." "If the Justice Department is going to enforce the law, it must follow it as well," said Hoekstra, of Michigan. The American Civil Liberties Union said the audit proves Congress must amend the Patriot Act to require judicial approval anytime the FBI wants access to sensitive personal information. "The attorney general and the FBI are part of the problem, and they cannot be trusted to be part of the solution," said ACLLTs executive director, Anthony D. Romero. Both Gonzales and Mueller called the national security letters vital tools in pursuing terrorists and spies in the United States. "They are the bread and butter of our investigations," Mueller said. Gonzales asked the inspector augeneral to issue a follow-udit in Jury on whether the FBI had followed recommendations to fix the problems. Fine's annual review is required by Congress, over the objections of the Bush administration. It concluded that the number of national security letters requested by the FBI p you're at home URNTURE skyrocketed in the years after the Patriot Act became law. Each letter issued may contain several requests. In 2000, for example, the FBI issued an estimated 8,500 requests. That number peaked in 2004 with 56,000. Overall, the FBI reported issuing 143,074 requests in national security letters between 2003 and 2005. But that did not include an additional 8,850 requests that were never recorded in the FBI's database, the audit found. A sample review of 77 . LAST 2 DAY TO SAVE ON OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF FURNITURE case files at four "FBI field offices showed that agents had ALL LEATHER SOFA SETS ON SALE I ALL SOFAS ON SALE -- r m-n J . ii underreported the number of national security letter requests by about 22 percent. Additionally, the audit found, the FBI identified 26 possible violations in its use of the letters, including failing to get proper authorization, making improper requests under the law and unauthorized collection of telephone or Internet records. v 2attiiHemlt Established in 1873 A Lee Newspaper t SALE$1999 PIER0 3-P- C. 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