For instance, I base my spectrum on the source's expertise, potential bias, track record, authority in the field, and reputation at stake, but yours may differ.
There is no documented reasoning for changing the seal from the beaver to the coat of arms, and the coat of arms itself "seems to [have] no record authority" making it in any way official.
Using dental records, authorities confirmed that it was Sunil Tripathi.
Even so, in a country with no fingerprint files or vehicle records, authorities still do not know who was behind the attack.
Based on cellphone records, authorities think he was selling narcotics after the shooting and may have fled to Las Vegas, according to the complaint.
"The Patriot Act's 'business records' authority can be used to give the government access to private financial, medical, consumer and firearm sales records, among others," said a press statement.
On Friday, Mr. Udall and Mr. Wyden released a joint statement repeating that they had "long been concerned about the degree to which this collection has relied on 'secret law.' " "Senior administration officials have stated on multiple occasions that the Patriot Act's 'business records' authority is 'analogous to a grand jury subpoena,' " they said.
"At the time of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, there was concern that the F.B.I. would exploit the broad scope of the business-records authority to collect sensitive personal information on constitutionally protected activities, such as the use of public libraries," a Justice Department official wrote in a letter to Congress, alluding to one of Obama's former concerns.
But a Justice Department inspector general's report finally released on Thursday covering the FBI's use of Section 215 from 2007 to 2009 found that the bureau is using the business-records authority "to obtain large collections of metadata", such as "electronic communication transactional information".
There must be a clear, strong, and effective end to bulk collection practices under the USA PATRIOT Act, including under the Section 215 records authority and the Section 2 214 authority regarding pen registers and trap & trace devices.
