Monday, December 7, 2009

The FBI And Human Rights

FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

Under the direction of the U.S. Congress, the FBI recently opened a human rights division. The Judiciary Report is skeptical of this endeavor, as the FBI routinely violates the Constitution, U.S. Code and international legal charters at the public’s expense.

It’s one thing spying on criminals to make a case. However, the FBI also breaks laws and rules to spy on innocent people, they deem valuable sources of information. They simply slap it under the umbrella of national security and lie to themselves that their unconstitutional conduct is okay, when it is not.

Human rights are basic fundamentals we all deserve and not principles to be violated at the hands of a nosy FBI Director, illegally obtaining information in a manner that flies in the face of the Constitution.

When the FBI makes decisions that illustrate they do not value the privacy and well being of select, connected law abiding members of the public, such as journalists and political scientists, in order to snoop for political and social gain, they’ve crossed the line.