FBI Budget Request for High-Tech Surveillance Capabilities Soar

The Federal Bureau of Investigation¡¦s budget request for Fiscal Year 2010 reveals that America¡¦s political police intend to greatly expand their high-tech surveillance capabilities.

According to ABC News, the FBI is seeking additional funds for the development of ¡§a new ¡¥Advanced Electronic Surveillance¡¦ program which is being funded at $233.9 million for 2010. The program has 133 employees, 15 of whom are agents.¡¨

Known as ¡§Going Dark,¡¨ the program is designed to beef up the Bureau¡¦s already formidable electronic surveillance, intelligence collection and evidence gathering capabilities ¡§as well as those of the greater Intelligence Community,¡¨ ABC reports.

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