Congress Warns FBI Over Data Collection

New York Times March 20, 2007 09:39 PM

"I just want to convey to you how upset many of us are who have defended this program and have believed it is necessary to the protection of our country," Representative Dan Lungren, Republican of California, told Valerie E. Caproni, the bureau's general counsel.

If the handling of national security letters is not improved soon, added Mr. Lungren, a former California attorney general, the bureau will not "have to worry about improving your procedures for N.S.L.'s because you probably won't have N.S.L. authority."

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