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Kash Patel scraps FBI unit monitoring surveillance rules compliance
Bureau’s office of internal auditing was set up to uncover misuses of Fisa surveillance during Trump’s first termHe has ordered the closure of the FBI’s office of internal auditing, a unit set up during Trump’s first presidency to uncover misuses of a contentious part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa), the New York Times reported.
The office was established in 2020 by William Barr, the then attorney general, following criticisms that Fisa’s section 702 – which allowed for the electronic tracking of foreign nationals – had instead been used to surveil Americans they had been in contact with.
Patel, who was a vocal critic of the FBI before being confirmed as Trump’s nominee as its director, has frequently taken aim at Fisa, which has been more commonly criticised by left-leaning civil liberties groups.
Patel came to prominence as a Republican congressional staff member of the House of Representatives’ intelligence committee in 2018 by criticising the FBI’s applications under Fisa to wiretap a former Trump campaign adviser during the Russia [Russia Russia] investigation.
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Some context in the form of previous threads:
A Brief History of Surveillance Abuse and FISA
How Obama Weaponized Surveillance Laws To Target Trump
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DOJ should interview 17 officials -- FISA abuse
Lindsey Graham asks DOJ for interviews with 17 officials in FISA abuse investigation Sen. Lindsey Graham requested "transcribed interviews" with 17 Department of Justice and FBI employees as part of the Senate’s investigation into abuse of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Inspector...
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Carter Page Sues DOJ, FBI, James Comey, And Others Behind Crossfire Hurricane FISA Abuse
Carter Page Sues DOJ, FBI, James Comey, And Others Behind Crossfire Hurricane FISA Abuse In an eight-count complaint filed Friday in the D.C. District Court, Carter Page seeks damages of no less than $75 million from the U.S. government, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of...
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Four "Experts" Who Falsely Discredited Hunter Biden Laptop Call To Extend Warrantless Spying On Americans
https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/12/intel-experts-who-falsely-discredited-hunter-biden-laptop-call-to-extend-warrantless-spying-on-americans/ On Monday, 46 former national security officials signed a letter urging Capitol Hill to rubber stamp the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign...
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