fbi given authority to monitor internet and other sources of public information for criminal activities, for example public events. "if the public is welcome, the f.b.i. is welcome," ashcroft is quoted in the nytimes.

F.B.I.'s new procedures would take effect immediately ... and they would be put in place with "scrupulous respect for civil rights and personal freedom".

scrupulous klingt schon wie eine krankheit und weniger wie peinlich genau, kompromisslos altavista suggests: skrupulöser respekt für zivilrechte und persönliche freiheit". duden: [skrupulös lat. scrupulosus, eigtl. = voll spitzer Steinchen, rau; scrupulus = stechendes gefühl der angst, unruhe, eigtl. = spitzes ...]