This makes me angry...really angry!  I am against this. I think it's taking away our privacy and setting us up for identity theft, not to mention abuse.  Why, when there is a small problem, they always want the answer to be to take away another one of our rights or freedoms?

FBI Abandons Whistleblower Secrets Claim

Washington, DC, Feb. 22 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice has abandoned its claim that allegations made by a fired FBI translator are secret, paving the way for a court case that will air embarrassing allegations about incompetence, poor security and possible espionage in the translation unit of the Bureau's Washington Field Office.

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Human Rights Watch says it is likely crucial evidence for the trials of Saddam Hussein and other former Iraqi officials has been lost or tainted.
US-led coalition forces failed to secure relevant sites after last year's invasion of Iraq, the group says.

They failed to prevent people from looting thousands of official documents from government buildings.