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THC 41: Trevor Aaronson | Terror Factory: Inside The FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism
FBI Threat Assessments, Privacy Erosion and David Petraeus
Current FBI guidelines allow for 72-hour "threat assessments" where agents can search a person's email and trash without a criminal predicate or reasonable belief of a crime. This expansion of surveillance power was notably used in the investigation that led to the resignation of CIA Director David Petraeus. The culture has shifted toward a "suspicious first" model where citizens must prove their innocence against data-mining operations conducted by state fusion centers.