Category Archives: FISA

NYTimes: Court Bans Agents Who Botched Carter Page Surveillance From Seeking Wiretaps by Charlie Savage (“An opinion and ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court also accepts a series of reforms the F.B.I. said it would make following a damning … Continue reading →

techdirt: FBI And DOJ Personnel Confirm Agents Frequently Fudge Facts When Seeking FISA Warrants by Tim Cushing:

The government admits material misstatements in FISA applications for Carter Page, and it is preparing a report for submission January 28, 2020). In re Page, No. 16-1182, 17-52, 17-375, 17-679 (Jan. 7, 2020, unclassified Jan. 23, 2020). See CNN: Government … Continue reading →

The Federalist: The FISA Court Is Complicit In The FBI Abuses It’s Raising Cain Over by Margot Cleveland:

Defendant pled to attempting to provide support to a terrorist organization. After the plea, the government disclosed it’s prosecution derived from the warrantless obtaining of his phone calls under § 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. He successfully … Continue reading →

CNN: Attorney General Barr defends surveillance tool as Republican scrutiny grows by David Shortell (“Attorney General William Barr called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act a ‘critical tool’ and vowed to preserve it Wednesday after suggestions from Republican lawmakers that the … Continue reading →

techdirt: Second Circuit Says Warrantless Backdoor Searches Of NSA Collections Might Violate The Fourth Amendment by Tim Cushing:

Lawfare: Appeals Court Considers Fourth Amendment Violations in FISA Section 702 Surveillance Case by Gordon Ahl (“The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the case of Agron Hasbajrami should be returned to the district court level … Continue reading →

WaPo: Surveillance court demands answers from FBI for errors, omissions in Trump campaign probe by Devlin Barrett (“The court said the FBI’s conduct was “antithetical” to how the foreign intelligence surveillance program is supposed to work.”)

Fox News: GOP push to reform FISA gains momentum in wake of Horowitz report by Hollie McKay

Reason: The FBI Will Be Audited to See How Frequently They Screw Up Other FISA Warrants by Scott Shackford (“Was what happened with Carter Page an anomaly or does the agency regularly leave out important information?”)

Creators.com: What’s Wrong with FISA? by Andrew P. Napolitano:

Just Security: The FISA Court’s Section 702 Opinions, Part II: Improper Queries and Echoes of “Bulk Collection” by Elizabeth Goitein:

Just Security: The FISA Court’s 702 Opinions, Part I: A History of Non-Compliance Repeats Itself by Elizabeth Goitein:

A FISA application that led to a prosecution may be reviewed ex parte and in camera and remain under seal, and this complies with due process. “Here, having reviewed the FISC’s probable cause determinations while affording these findings the requisite … Continue reading →

Defendants’ calls were caught up in a FISA warrant and they were indicted for providing material support to terrorists. The collection under the FISA warrant was valid because the government showed “the purpose” of the surveillance was bona fide national … Continue reading →