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Out of control.
Not a dime for a new HQ. Downsize it. Relocate HQ far, far away from the Beltway.
We previously learned that the FBI had illegally searched hundreds of thousands of citizensā private banking records and other online data without obtaining warrants in a clear abuse of the Bureauās FISA Section 702 authority. FBI boss Christopher Wray assured a House committee that āreformsā had been put in place so there would be āfewer incidentsā of this illegal activity. But this weekās news suggests that his alleged efforts havenāt addressed the problem. A new report reveals that the FBI searched the data of a U.S. Senator, a state senator, and a judge. All of this was reportedly done without obtaining a warrant. If anyone needed yet another reminder that Section 702 needs to be seriously modified before it is reauthorized, look no further. (Associated Press)
The government isnāt releasing the names of the officials who were improperly searched, but they have all been privately informed that the incursions took place. The case of the unnamed state judge who was searched is particularly disturbing. Was it merely a coincidence that the judge was in the process of investigating a municipal chief of police who had been accused of civil rights violations? That seems unlikely, to say the least.
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Not a dime for a new HQ. Downsize it. Relocate HQ far, far away from the Beltway.
We previously learned that the FBI had illegally searched hundreds of thousands of citizensā private banking records and other online data without obtaining warrants in a clear abuse of the Bureauās FISA Section 702 authority. FBI boss Christopher Wray assured a House committee that āreformsā had been put in place so there would be āfewer incidentsā of this illegal activity. But this weekās news suggests that his alleged efforts havenāt addressed the problem. A new report reveals that the FBI searched the data of a U.S. Senator, a state senator, and a judge. All of this was reportedly done without obtaining a warrant. If anyone needed yet another reminder that Section 702 needs to be seriously modified before it is reauthorized, look no further. (Associated Press)
FBI employees wrongly searched foreign surveillance data for the last names of a U.S. senator and a state senator, according to a court opinion released Friday. The disclosure could further complicate Biden administration efforts to renew a major spy program that already faces bipartisan opposition in Congress.
Another FBI employee improperly queried the Social Security number of a state judge who alleged civil rights violations by a municipal chief of police, according to the opinion by the chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
News of the latest violations comes as the Biden administration faces a difficult battle in persuading Congress to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows spy agencies to collect swaths of emails and other communications.
The government isnāt releasing the names of the officials who were improperly searched, but they have all been privately informed that the incursions took place. The case of the unnamed state judge who was searched is particularly disturbing. Was it merely a coincidence that the judge was in the process of investigating a municipal chief of police who had been accused of civil rights violations? That seems unlikely, to say the least.
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FBI still abusing Section 702, now against a Senator, judge
We previously learned that the FBI had illegally searched hundreds of thousands of citizensā p