the f.b.i. will not agree to amend the m.o.u. which is why the chief issued the bureau order. however, a significant problem is that the f.b.i. special agent in charge has told us all in separate meetings that the f.b.i. will continue to block key parts of local policy central to accountability and oversight. this is what this is about. but more than that there's a solution and it doesn't necessitate a divorce from the joint terrorism task force. there are now two ways for local law phone ersment to participate in the jttf. this is -- this has been a chance even since the last time we spoke before the commission. one of the ways is the ways we're currently engaged. an m.o.u. in which sfpd resources are put into the hands of f.b.i. with relatively no local control. the other way is via a resolution which was just approved by federal government in portland. which allows participation in the joint terrorism task force but provides much better protection for civil rights and gives the sfpd and the po

the f.b.i. has sewn the seeds of anger and distrust, in the muslim community in particular. let me give you a few examples. right here in the bay area the f.b.i. opened an assessment investigation on an arab american student. this is mr. afifi right here. he found a tracking device on his car. a few days later half a does f.b.i. agents -- dozen f.b.i. agents swarmed his apartment building demanding it back. one agent told him, we have all the information we need, you don't need to call your lawyer. don't worry, you're boring. he is now suing the f.b.i. i should note that this investigation was a joint terrorism task force investigation. the same jttf that sfpd officers are currently assigned to. in southern california an f.b.i. informant, also part of the jttf , the man at the far left, came forward and shared his work with the f.b.i. entails. he said that he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to pose as a muslim convert and collect the names, email addresses and personal information of as

the f.b.i. is required to map ethnic communities and ethnically owned businesses. even some f.b.i. officials as reported by "the new york times" have found this practice troubling. but it's part of their guidelines, it's part what have the f.b.i. does and it's what we know they're doing in san francisco. the message that this kind ofagetivity sends is that the f.b.i. considers certain communities more suspect and less american than others. the practice is alienate communities and strain law enforcement relationships. the san francisco police department cannot afford to participate in these practices. we need community trust to keep all of our communities safe. thank you. >> i'm john crew for the american civil liberties union and rather than take too much time, i want to just echo the thanks that veena already offered. briefly ac knowledge -- acknowledge chief suhr. we really appreciate you trying to dive into this issue so quickly and also comblations -- congratulations to your new command staff

the f.b.i. special agent in charge sig blocked significant portions of. unlike the f.b.i., the sfpd is not a national security organization. this is thankfully still a local public safety, crime-fighting agency operating appropriate standards designed to serve that mission. there has been no public discussion by any governing body of transforming the sfpd into a national security organization. dd when the sfpd signed up to work with the joint terrorism task force under an m.o.u. that preserves local control and policies, it wasn't assuming that some of its officers, paid for by san francisco taxpayers, could be transformed into national security agents. the sfpd signed on without telling anyone, not even the police commission. let me emphasize that this secret m.o.u. does not just allow sfpd officers to use highly problematic f.b.i. standards in the place of san francisco law and policy, but it also allows them to violate california constitutional law. in 1972, by a 2-1 margin, california voters,

the f.b.i. entails. he said that he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to pose as a muslim convert and collect the names, email addresses and personal information of as many devout muslims as possible. particularly those who are particularly devout. also a joint terrorism task force investigation. and these are just two of dozens of stories that we're aware of. in addition to overtly targeting members of the muslim community for investigation, the f.b.i. also engages in what they call domain management, otherwise known as ethnic mapping. for each city the f.b.i. is required to map ethnic communities and ethnically owned businesses. even some f.b.i. officials as reported by "the new york times" have found this practice troubling. but it's part of their guidelines, it's part what have the f.b.i. does and it's what we know they're doing in san francisco. the message that this kind ofagetivity sends is that the f.b.i. considers certain communities more suspect and less american than others. the practic

he is now suing the f.b.i. i should note that this investigation was a joint terrorism task force investigation. the same jttf that sfpd officers are currently assigned to. in southern california an f.b.i. informant, also part of the jttf , the man at the far left, came forward and shared his work with the f.b.i. entails. he said that he was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to pose as a muslim convert and collect the names, email addresses and personal information of as many devout muslims as possible. particularly those who are particularly devout. also a joint terrorism task force investigation. and these are just two of dozens of stories that we're aware of. in addition to overtly targeting members of the muslim community for investigation, the f.b.i. also engages in what they call domain management, otherwise known as ethnic mapping. for each city the f.b.i. is for each city the f.b.i. is required to map ethnic

he is now suing the f.b.i. i should note that this investigation was a joint terrorism task force investigation. the same jttf that sfpd officers are currently assigned to. in southern california an f.b.i. informant, also part of the jttf , the man at the far

some concern that the f.b.i. here states that whether there's a conflict between standards or requirements of the participating agents in the f.b.i., the standard or requirement that provides the, quote, greatest organizational protection or benefit will apply. unless the organizations jointly resolve the conflict otherwise. is it your intention in the part of the command staff that to the greatest extent possible that where it is appropriate for them absent the factor of the jttf being present that they would have the same access and the ability to investigate whether or not to sustain charges in the event of an allegation of officer misconduct? >> with regard to the san francisco police officers, yes. that's the reason why we asked the officers to identify themselves as sfpd, where then the ordinary complaint process that all officers are subject to would kick in. commissioner chan: that brings me to section 6-a of the m.o.u. wherein it states that jttf members are strictly for biden from disclosing any classifi

a decade after 9/11 the f.b.i. calls it self a transformed agency. they have highly expanded intelligence powers under the federal guidelines, i'll go into this more later, but f.b.i. agents are allowed to conduct intelligence on individuals and organizations without a factual connection to criminal activity. it's important to for to you know that this hasn't happened behind closed doors. in fact, the f.b.i. recently acknowledged they have over 70,000 investigations open just in the past four years that are not predicated on any suspicion of criminal activity. these are investigations on innocent americans. given these massive shifts in f.b.i. activity, the question is, what should the relationship between the sfpd and the f.b.i. look like? i want to empathize again that neither the asian law caucus nor the aclu are suggesting a divorce between these agencies. we all collectively believe that sfpd can be effectively involved in the joint terrorism task force activity under sfpd rules and regularlations. but to protect the sfpd from highly criticized f

the f.b.i. is still permitted to obtain a john doe roving wiretap that does not identify the person or the phone that will be wiretapped. in other words, the f.b.i. can obtain a wiretap without telling a court who they want to wiretap or where they want to wiretap. in garden variety criminal cases, the f.b.i. is still permitted to conduct sneak-and-peek searches of a home without notifying the homeowner about the search until a later time. we now know that the vast majority of sneak-and-peek searches take place in cases that don't involve terrorism in any way. a national security letter or n.s.l. is a form of administrative subpoena issued by the f.b.i. we often hear n.s.l.'s compared to grand jury subpoenas. but unlike a grand jury subpoe subpoena, a national security letter is issued without the approval of a grand jury or even a prosecutor. and unlike the grand jury subpoena, the recipient of an n.s.l. is subjected to a gag order at the f.b.i.'s discretion. theatriot act also greatly expanded

is involved in the cnet investigation. >> now the f.b.i. is involved and i assume the corruption unit is involved to see what is going on in this case and see if it is more for a reaching in this county. >> cardoza went on the say he has not been contacted by the f.b.i. but if and if he is he will not allow his client welsh to speak with federal investigators. in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> impressive debut on the new york stock exchange for the first u.s. social network company to go public. mountain view's linkedin. [ applause ] they are happy. company officials rang the opening bell and watched the stocks soar. the share price doubled immediately. first time for company i.p.o. since 2006. right now it's at $105. analysts say it reflects the investor belief that internet company that reflect people with common interest will be highly profitable. a major development underway on the bay bridge as the new suspension plan as caltrans installs a huge device to hold all the cables. they say it's history in the making for the long

a decade after 9/11 the f.b.i. calls it self a transformed agency. they have highly expanded intelligence powers under the federal guidelines, i'll go into this more later, but f.b.i. agents are allowed to conduct intelligence on individuals and organizations without a factual connection to criminal activity. it's important to for to you know that this hasn't happened behind closed doors. in fact, the f.b.i. recently acknowledged they have over 70,000 investigations open just in the past four years that are not predicated on any suspicion

we have a fundamental problem here with all due respect, what the f.b.i. is telling us directly, we met with them nine days ago, they said very specifically that in fact that provision is long -- as long as operating under the m.o.u. could not be applied. i don't know if the department has had an opportunity to run this bureau order by the f.b.i., but quite frankly what will reassure the public is to put something in writen that the f.b.i. commits to and what -- writing that the f.b.i. commits to and they've said, as long as you're under the m.o.u. options, as long as you don't transit into the resolution approach, they're going to enforce the m.o.u. and block that very important decision or that access that is fundamental to the commission oversight and the o.c.c. reports and the public reporting. so the other things that the attorney general said, in the end, when you talk about addressing these concerns, he said, actions speak louder than assurances. we're getting assurances, they're wonderful, i understand you're getting assurances from the f.b.i., with

is involved in the cnet investigation. >> now the f.b.i. is involved and i assume the corruption unit is involved to see what is going on in this case and see if it is more for a reaching in this county. >> cardoza went on the say he has not been contacted by the f.b.i. but if and if he is he will not allow his client welsh to speak with federal investigators. in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> impressive debut on the new york stock exchange for the first u.s. social network company to go public. mountain view's linkedin. [ applause ] they are happy. company officials rang the opening bell and watched the stocks soar. the share price doubled immediately. first time for company i.p.o. since 2006. right now it's at $105. analysts say it reflects the investor belief that internet company that reflect people with common interest will be highly profitable. a major development underway on the bay bridge as the new suspension plan as caltrans installs a huge device to hold all the cables. they say it's history in the making for the long

the bombing of a u.s. destroyer according to one f.b.i. informant well no according to all the serious investigations of it including the nine eleven commission so i think. there it would be naive to think that al qaeda will now change its ideology when it's been committed to attacking the us since before we even went into the i think i understand jordan thank you for coming out ok but you're never going to see clearly bin laden's death will be a game changer the region figuring out just how that game is going to change it's going to get hard. coming up there was joy and celebrations in the streets across the nation with news of osama as osama's death broke a little party continue with a possible threat of going. into the military make amends and do the work to bring just the sort of kind of good.

instead, the f.b.i. w cell phone with information on the facts justifying the belief that the new phone was or is being used by the target. the justice department has advised congress that the authority to conduct roving electronic surveillance under fisa has proven to be operationally useful in some 20 national security investigations annually. so this provision is both used and very necessary in this day of throwaway cell phones. lone wolf authority allows the government to request, and the fisa court to approve, intelligence collection against non-united states persons who engage in international terrorism but for whom an association with a specific international terrorist organization may not yet be known. so let me explain that for clearly. all other foreign intelligence surveillance searches and surveillances must be focused on a target who the government can prove is tied to a foreign power. so before the government can tap a phone or search a residence, it needs to demonstrate that the person it i

another different view a rise of her profession by the homeland security using the f.b.i. using the federal grand jury not only against peace activists at the announced the us war in afghanistan and iraq but also against. american muslim community here in the united states they've been suffering this repression for many years and now the federal grand jury is being used to expand it to activists who stand in solidarity with the people in the middle east people in colombia who fight for freedom and peace. do you think that you mentioned department of homeland security that of course was created in the wake of nine eleven there's been a lot of counterterrorism bureaucracy built up in the post nine eleven united states apparatus why do you think they're being very targeted now if you think it's to justify this kind of money being spent. just to justify this kind of money being spent but also to attack us as. being outspoken against the u.s. policy of intervention and u.s. policy of condemning people movements throughout the world the protest movements are directly exposing and

quote the reason why nine eleven is not mentioned on a song a lot of us want to page is because the f.b.i. has no hard evidence connecting the lot of the nine eleven but even if bin laden is the devil should we have just let him go and go he should be with the devil himself and to be brutal. but if you were a president with no regard for the rule of law you could just send troops into a foreign country and kill someone without a trial nor the constitution you could ignore the f.b.i. and the justice department you would stand against all that which we hold dear in america to chase down the devil you could cut down every law in america but that begs a question for our dear leader and when the last law was down and the devil turned round on you where would you high but the laws all being flat this country is pounded with laws from coast to coast man's laws not god's and if you cut them down and you're just a man to do it but you really think you could stand upright in the wind that would blow then president obama you have been responsible for more deaths than bin ladin could even hope to be

keep in mind that the f.b.i. cannot use a roving wiretap until a court finds probable cause to believe that the target is an agent of a foreign power. some critics claim the provision allows the f.b.i. to avoid meeting probable cause as surveillance moves from phone to phone. this claim is simply not accurate. as every roving wiretap must be approved by a fisa court judge. if a target changes a cell phone and the f.b.i. moves to surveil a new phone, the court is notified of that change. all of the prebz -- protections for u.s. person information that apply to any other fisa wiretap also applies to roving wiretaps. in short, while this authority is a tremendous asset for the f.b.i. and has been used 140 times over the past five years, it poses no additional civil liberties concerns and it should be renewed without delay. with regard to section 215, the business records act, over the past several years, the rallying cry against the patriot act has centered on section 215, fisa business records authority. section 215

of them carlos montez he is a long time to kano activist is also co-founder of the brown berets the f.b.i. raided his home taking his computer and historical documents and made this month and he's also a member of the committee to stop the f.b.i. repression here's part of our conversation. those are different leo ryan is the president by the homeland security use and using the federal grand jury not only against peace activists that denounced the u.s. war in afghanistan and iraq but also against the palestinian arab american muslim community here in the united states they've been suffering this repression for many years and now the federal grand jury is being used to expand it to activists who stand in solidarity with the people in the middle east people in colombia who fight for freedom and peace. do you think that u.s. and department of homeland security that of course was created in the wake of nine eleven there's been a lot of counterterrorism iraq earthy built in the post nine eleven united states you know apparatus why do you think they're being very targeted now do you think it to

but the judge who released devecchio criticized him and the f.b.i. devil," letting scarpa get away with his crimes for close to 15 years. devecchio retired from the f.b.i. in 1996 and now runs a private investigations business in florida. he feels he's been wrongly accused and unfairly maligned, which is why he's written a book and is speaking to us. >> devecchio: we effectively broke the back of organized crime by using people such as gregory scarpa. >> cooper: you're... basically gave this guy a pass because he was giving you good information. >> devecchio: if that's the perception that people have, so be it. i can't change their mind. >> cooper: but is that the truth? >> devecchio: no, i don't think it's the truth at all. >> cooper: you kept him out on the streets, a guy who you knew, at the time, was murdering people. >> devecchio: it's wonderful to sit in your ivory tower somewhere and say, "oh, how can you do that?" well, why don't you go out in the street and try working that some time? try making a case. try talking to a wise guy. try getting

that that the f.b.i. is actually infiltrated in places like boston more praise of quakers who are going down the street these are quakers you know very peaceful people and inspecting to see if they're really terrorists but they're more they're an imitation tactic so that's what we're seeing and i think what they really want to point out here with ron wyden the senator from oregon recently he's on the senate intelligence committee he just announced that there is a class there is a class or that it's much broader than what we see happening the government's doing much more invasive things that we thought he would say what. and yet you mentioned that americans don't really opposed the ideology has changed so my question to you bigger picture is have that communist ideology some of that this united states with so fiercely fighting against decades ago really ten traded american laws and the psyche of this country as witnessed by the patriot act if you use common as much they were more like china today then china

the f.b.i. is still permitted to obtain a john doe roving wiretap that does not identify the person or the phone that will be wiretapped. in other words, the f.b.i. can obtain a wiretap without telling a court who they want to wiretap or where they want to wiretap. in garden variety criminal cases, the f.b.i. is still permitted to conduct sneak-and-peek searches of a home without notifying the homeowner about the search until a later time. we now know that the vast majority of sneak-and-peek searches take place in cases that don't involve terrorism in any way. a national security letter or n.s.l. is a form of administrative subpoena issued by the f.b.i. we often hear n.s.l.'s compared to grand jury subpoenas. but unlike a grand jury subpoe subpoena, a national security letter is issued without the approval of a grand jury or even a prosecutor. and unlike the grand jury subpoena, the recipient of an n.s.l. is subjected to a gag order at the f.b.i.'s discretion. the patriot act also greatly expande

today the f.b.i. updated its web site to show the most-wanted terrorist in the world wanted no more. we have extensive coverage tonight from cbs news correspondents all over the country and all around the world. first, national security correspondent david martin on how this long-awaited day finally came. >> reporter: katie, the hunt that ended monday morning in pakistan began years ago when high-level al qaeda operatives first revealed the existence of bin laden's favorite courier. some of the leads to that courier came out of the c.i.a.'s secret prison where those al qaeda captives were waterboarded. he was described as a protege of 9/11 mastermind khalid sheikh mohammed and the man who delivered bin laden's orders to al qaeda operatives in the field. but it was not until four years ago that u.s. intelligence determined the courier's real name. take a look at it. it cost bin laden his life. it took another two years to find out what part of pakistan he operated in. then last august, an intercepted ph

bush and promised he would not use the f.b.i. to bust up medical marijuana dispensaries in states that had legalized medicinal marijuana earlier this month the department of justice started singing a different tune sending a letter to the governor of washington threatening to prosecute any state employee or business involved in the unlawful marketing and sale of marijuana that prompted the governor christine gregoire to veto that state's medicinal marijuana law other governors around the country are now having second thoughts about legalizing medicinal marijuana as well so why is the white house suddenly targeting medicinal marijuana and what's the future of marijuana legalization in america allen st here joins me now is the executive director of normal a national organization for the reform of marijuana laws allen welcome thank you great to have you with us what's behind this letter from the department of justice is this just some bureaucrat who's just been running on autopilot left over from the bush administration or is there a

the f.b.i. is now investigating prior cases. >> in the latest case, police say they found methamphatamine, packaging materials in reyes' room. the suspect has a long rap sheet including a dozen burglaries and assaults and kidnapping. vick lee abc 7 news. >> a firefighter on the peninsula is heading for a comfortable retirement, but it is not the pension that the outgoing chief is getting that is drawing attention. david louie reports it is the chunk of change in unpaid sick time. >> doug fry is getting a hefty check as he retires from the fire department. a check for $300,000 for unused sick days. >> these things were negotiated and the fact of the matter i was a good employee in the 36 years i have been here, i have been sick three times. >> unused sick days are added to the earnings. chief fry's base pay will determine a pension of $159,000 a year. residents recognize the $300,000 payment for unused sick time is a big figure. >> obviously he will walk away with a nice pension package anyway. is

just the techniques used are different in the one nine hundred sixty. undercover f.b.i. agents read scribe jones act as agent provocateur or not just spying participants. political movements. today with the use of technology you can. do the same thing with out the direct. undercover police operatives i believe the whole framework has a role to journalists why kill the concept of privacy in the us is long gone and new into this surveillance attitude that law enforcement has taken so many says chicago increasingly resembles the chilling and tell you told me i described in george orwell's legendary novel one nine hundred eighty four. where every word action and even thought was monetary tightening rather disobey own state. and. the only thing that's missing. is that it buys us on how to live our lives while the stretch of surveillance grows so do the fears of americans if. they don't like it when you fully appreciate the scale of what is being put in place in chicago and then imagine a. more repressive city government and more oppressive regime it could be incredibly interes

pick and choose you to declare a state of war on the us government that is in jeans and you were on the f.b.i.'s top ten most wanted fugitives list and you were known to say that the real terrorist is the u.s. government yes do you still maintain these sorts of statements i think we were rebellions i think that we were in insurgency we were dissidents american dissidents in the classic tradition. you know we were we thought it was possible to join the global struggle of revolutionary war at that moment in the sixty's so i understand how we thought about it. i think now as many old people do the war metaphor is just so terrible it's just so carol that it perks so much suffering on everyone. that i wish we had kind of kept the rebel. rebellion metaphor instead we're more for the other things that we said and i stand by them about the u.s. government being terrorist that didn't come about long ago from what i read this was only in ninety three just you know decade ago do you still believe i do believe that i think you know bombing from the year in order to save people is a terrible idea it goes

you obviously have an extremely diverse biography hated by so romanticized by others from being on the f.b.i.'s top ten most wanted list and now being a law professor and dealing with children's rights which one of these stages serves your purpose is the most i don't think of them is that distinct i feel like i've been obsessed with a couple of things my whole life certainly the question of justice and certainly peace war and peace you obviously throughout your career have received so much criticism of. your activities and actions were very radical about this group the weather underground. some things that were you know later terrorist and you say this entire time but you were really fighting for peace we've become used to really since nine eleven as an example of american terrorism but we were never terrorists in fact i think the whole. war and black freedom movement in the united states were militant had militant edges but really were always restrained and if you look around the world at the time we in fact were tactically very restrained our rhetoric was sometimes a little inflamed and hy

the you have f.b.i. whistle blower sibylla edmonds testifying that the information that she had at the f.b.i. indicated that in london was working hand in glove with the u.s. intelligence establishment throughout the nineteen one thousand nine hundred and you have been testifying that when he worked at the jet a consulate in the one nine hundred eighty s. he was giving the terrorists to you know just a known terrorist in order to bring them into the u.s. for training at u.s. military bases so at every possible opportunity you see how these types of organizations are helped along. by people who have ties to the you know western intelligence establishment and that was largely correspondent match president in an interview with james corbett editor are required to report. also now that osama bin laden is dead many are wondering who sacrifice well we want to take a look at some of the others who are vying for the title i want although we're hearing wanted for murder of u.s. nationals outside the u.s. and also

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