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2022-05-26 Government Corruption

Report Shows FBI Spied On 3.3 Million Americans Without A Warrant, GOP Demands Answers

[Zero] In a May 25 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio) asked Wray to explain why his agency had wiretapped and gathered personal information on over 3.3 million Americans without a warrant (pdf).

Limited authority to gather foreign intelligence information is granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

Specifically, section 702 of the bill says: "the Attorney General (AG) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) may jointly authorize the targeting of (i) non-U.S. persons (ii) who are reasonably believed to be outside of the United States (iii) to acquire foreign intelligence information."

However, this power can grant an expanding circle of possible searches to the FBI and other intel agencies, who can use the same power against American citizens who had any interaction with targeted foreigners.

Historically, insight into how FISA has been used against American citizens has been limited and hidden behind classified reports.

However, a November 2020 decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC)—which serves as a watchdog for U.S. intelligence agencies—required that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) report "the number of U.S. person queries run by the FBI against Section 702-acquired information."

Posted by Besoeker 2022-05-26 03:16|| || Front Page|| [23 views ] Top

#1 Time to shut'em down and start over.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-05-26 03:19|| 2022-05-26 03:19|| Front Page Top

#2
The FBI even since Hoover has collected and maintained secret files on anyone with the power to do them favors, or do them ill.

Likely the main reason Hoover remained in power for 37 years (1935-1972) until his death.

Posted by NN2N1 2022-05-26 06:33|| 2022-05-26 06:33|| Front Page Top

#3 ^ And when J. Edgar died, his "room full of file cabinets" was empty the next day. Some sources say his bestie Clyde Tolson got them, but, like Nikola Tesla's notebooks and the Ark of the Covenant in Indiana Jones, nobody really knows.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-26 07:56|| 2022-05-26 07:56|| Front Page Top

#4 I suspect the ratio of Trunk vs Socialists to be as lop sided as vote counts and census number errors.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-05-26 08:06|| 2022-05-26 08:06|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ Lots of self-described "conservatives" are quite pink and don't even realize it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-05-26 08:08|| 2022-05-26 08:08|| Front Page Top

#6 And this is why I send unsolicited dick pics. Hope the FBI enjoys it.

Posted by DarthVader 2022-05-26 08:26|| 2022-05-26 08:26|| Front Page Top

#7 I would put money on it that they spied on more than 3.3 million.

Posted by Chris 2022-05-26 08:29|| 2022-05-26 08:29|| Front Page Top

#8 Semantics, since technically the NSA Hoover spies on everyone, its just the question of which files you open to human eyes or a keyword algorithm for further assessment/action.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-05-26 11:33|| 2022-05-26 11:33|| Front Page Top

#9 And still, nobody stops lone wolf high school shooters.

Posted by Skidmark 2022-05-26 14:36|| 2022-05-26 14:36|| Front Page Top

#10 It is 3.3 Million and 1 if you include spying on Americans after lying on the Search Warrant to make it seem legal.

Posted by Airandee 2022-05-26 14:58|| 2022-05-26 14:58|| Front Page Top

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