You’ve probably already seen this in many places, but in case you haven’t….
From the New York Times
One internal F.B.I. message, sent in October 2003, criticized the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review at the Justice Department, which reviews and approves terrorist warrants, as regularly blocking requests from the F.B.I. to use a section of the antiterrorism law that gave the bureau broader authority to demand records from institutions like banks, Internet providers and libraries.
“While radical militant librarians kick us around, true terrorists benefit from OIPR’s failure to let us use the tools given to us,” read the e-mail message, which was sent by an unidentified F.B.I. official. “This should be an OIPR priority!!!”
Big Brother apparently runs, tail tucked, from the “radical militant librarians”.
At least someone appears to be providing some oversight/review on a federal agency’s intelligence gathering. It may not be the independent judicial review that our system of government traditionally favors….but something is marginally better than nothing.