Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, Democrats have announced plans to hold hearings on the FBI’s abuse of the PATRIOT Act to obtain private telephone, email and financial records on American citizens. On Friday, FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged the FBI broke the law to secretly pry out personal information about Americans. Lawmakers are now threatening to amend the USA PATRIOT Act and limit the FBI’s powers. Last week’s report from the inspector general of the Justice Department also revealed that the FBI had an unusual contract with three phone companies to provide call records and subscriber information without legal process.