PI News Round-up - July 29, 2010

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July 29, 2010

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A New Law Could Affect Background Checks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new law created to improve the FBI criminal history database could affect criminal background checks, and some experts claim the legislation could effectively remove arrests and facts from individual criminal background checks.
	Read full article and comment	Source: SecurityInfoWatch, July 22, 2010

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OSBI Raises Questions
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) is facing criticism from PIs, victim’s families and public officials. Among the charges leveled: that the OSBI is cavalier about investigations, that it fails to carry out field work, that it is callous towards families in need of help, and that it engages in territorial squabbles.
	Read full article and comment	Source: NewsOK, July 26, 2010

FBI Accused of Breaking Surveillance Regulations
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Hundreds of FBI agents may have allegedly cheated on a test of new surveillance regulations which would allow the FBI to open cases and conduct surveillance without proving that a crime has taken place.
	Read full article and comment	Source: The Canadian Press, July 27, 2010

Spies Among Us: Modern-Day Espionage
The startling discovery of an undercover Russian spy ring last month no doubt shocked many Americans who assumed that international espionage was mostly a product of the Cold War and, these days, Hollywood.
	Read full article and comment	Source: Newsweek, July 21, 2010

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