Fox News (excerpts):  The FBI sought Monday to downplay its expanded surveillance powers for agents as civil liberty groups sounded an alarm that the new rules not only make it easier for agents to investigate suspects, but gives them startling leeway to spy on ordinary Americans.  The changes are expected to be outlined in a new editions of the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, a lengthy 2008 document detailing how far agents can go in tracking suspects.  The will expand the use...

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