DANIEL ELLSBERG IS (SADLY) CORRECT

Ellsberg wasn't kidding...

F.B.I. Agents Get Leeway to Push Privacy Bounds
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
Published: June 12, 2011
NY Times

Marcy Wheeler at Firedog Lake has the summary:

* Make a database “assessment” search of a group or person “proactively” without making a record of that search
* Tail people during a “proactive” assessment more than once
* Search a potential informant’s trash to gather information to use to force the informant to snitch for the government
* Attend up to five meetings of a group undercover
* Eliminate extra supervision of investigations of politicians or journalists if they are witnesses, not suspects, in the investigation
* Eliminate such protection altogether for “low-profile” blogs