Low Times
December, 2008
Washington, DC—An overhaul of FBI operating procedure announced in September will allow agents to conduct physical surveillance, solicit informants and in-terview acquaintances of people they are investigating at a much earlier stage than previously allowed—and without approval from supervisors, without opening an investigation and without any suspicion of a crime having been committed. According to The Washington Post,the changes "also would rewrite v 1976 guidelines establishedarter i...