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"In the first 14 applications it reviewed, the Justice Department’s Office of Intelligence identified 63 non-material errors or unsupported facts, and one misstatement or omission that it deemed material. Of the 63 non-material errors or unsupported facts, according to the filing, 29 reflected typographical errors or date discrepancies between an application and a source document. Of the remaining 34, according to the filing, “13 involve non-material factual assertions that may be accurate, but for which a supporting document could not be located in the FBI’s files, and 21 involve non-material deviations between a source document and an application and/or a misidentified source of information.” The number of errors per application ranged from zero to 15. The details of the errors, and the Justice Department’s analysis of their materiality, was censored from the report.
In the 15 remaining applications, the Office of Intelligence identified one material misstatement in an application for authorization to conduct electronic surveillance and carry out a physical search relating to an individual the FBI suspected might be an agent of a foreign power. The error “involved the difference between the statement in an application stating that the target had become sympathetic toward a particular terrorist group and the supporting documentation which established that a witness reported that this target had become more sympathetic to radical Muslim causes,” according to the filing."
Conclusion...........the waving of arms and pulling of hair by Trumpleton's turned out to be over...........as they would say..............a bunch of nothingburgers. Obviously, errors of any kind are not good. But the answer to the question of whether the errors were egregious or showed deficient reason to ask for and subsequently obtain the warrants is a resounding NO.
In the 15 remaining applications, the Office of Intelligence identified one material misstatement in an application for authorization to conduct electronic surveillance and carry out a physical search relating to an individual the FBI suspected might be an agent of a foreign power. The error “involved the difference between the statement in an application stating that the target had become sympathetic toward a particular terrorist group and the supporting documentation which established that a witness reported that this target had become more sympathetic to radical Muslim causes,” according to the filing."
Justice Department Completes Review of Errors in FISA Applications
The Justice Department reported that most of the errors identified by the Office of the Inspector General were minor and none invalidated surveillance authorizations.
www.lawfareblog.com
Conclusion...........the waving of arms and pulling of hair by Trumpleton's turned out to be over...........as they would say..............a bunch of nothingburgers. Obviously, errors of any kind are not good. But the answer to the question of whether the errors were egregious or showed deficient reason to ask for and subsequently obtain the warrants is a resounding NO.