FBI Kept Demanding Email Records Despite DOJ Saying It Needed a Warrant

Re:FBI Kept Demanding Email Records Despite DOJ Saying It Ne... by scintill76 on Friday June 03, 2016 @04:52AM (#11829108)

From above, "Opinions issued by the OLC are generally treated as binding and final within the executive branch." So they don't have any legal authority or hierarchy per se since they're two parts of one legally defined branch of the government, but apparently the OLC is supposed to be the authority.

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Re:FBI Kept Demanding Email Records Despite DOJ Saying It Ne... by kahnpro on Friday June 03, 2016 @07:12AM (#11829584)

But is the president not in charge of the entire executive branch? If he wanted to fix it, could be not issue binding orders?

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Re:FBI Kept Demanding Email Records Despite DOJ Saying It Ne... by DiabloD3 on Friday June 03, 2016 @07:55AM (#11829758)

I'm not an expert on law by any means, but I think Obama can fix this with an executive order.

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