{"id":38547,"date":"2020-04-04T10:38:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T14:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38547"},"modified":"2020-04-04T10:38:46","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T14:38:46","slug":"the-slow-drip-of-investigations-into-fisa-abuse-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38547","title":{"rendered":"The Slow Drip Of Investigations Into FISA Abuse Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The Washington Examiner<\/a> posted an article titled, “FISA court orders DOJ to review flawed surveillance applications and provide names of targets.”<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

T<\/span>he Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court demanded answers about whether FISA applications were invalid after a new Justice Department inspector general report found pervasive issues with the FBI not following fact-checking procedures.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Friday’s ruling<\/a> came days after DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz released a memo showing FISA flaws were not just limited to the surveillance of Trump campaign associate Carter Page.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The findings of Horowitz\u2019s audit<\/a> released on Tuesday focused<\/a> on the FBI\u2019s requirement to maintain an accuracy subfile known as a \u201cWoods file.” Investigators found serious problems in each of the 29 FISA applications they examined.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that a deficiency in the FBI\u2019s efforts to support the factual statements in FISA applications through its Woods Procedures undermines the FBI\u2019s ability to achieve its \u2018scrupulously accurate\u2019 standard for FISA applications,\u201d Horowitz concluded.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article continues with information that might indicate the FISA court is not happy about being misled:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be an understatement to note that such lack of confidence appears well-founded. None of the 29 cases reviewed had a Woods File that did what it is supposed to do: support each fact proffered to the Court. For four of the 29 applications, the FBI cannot even find the Woods File,\u201d presiding Judge James Boasberg said. \u201cFor three of those four, the FBI could not say whether a Woods File ever existed. The OIG, moreover, \u2018identified apparent errors or inadequately supported facts\u2019 in all 25 applications for which the Woods Files could be produced. Interviews with FBI personnel \u2018generally have confirmed\u2019 those deficiencies, not dispelled them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boasberg said the wide-ranging problems \u201cprovide further reason for systemic concern\u201d about the FBI\u2019s FISA process and \u201creinforces the need for the Court to monitor the ongoing efforts of the FBI and DOJ to ensure that, going forward, FBI applications present accurate and complete facts.\u201d The judge said, \u201cWhen problems are identified in particular cases, furthermore, the Court must evaluate what remedial measures may be necessary.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

In a rare public order last year, the FISA court criticized the FBI’s handling of the Page applications as “antithetical to the heightened duty of candor described above” and demanded an evaluation from the bureau. The FISA court also ordered<\/a> a review of all FISA filings handled by Kevin Clinesmith, the FBI lawyer who altered a key document<\/a> about Page in the third renewal process. He is now under criminal investigation<\/a> by U.S. Attorney John Durham, a prosecutor from Connecticut who was tasked by Attorney General William Barr with investigating<\/a> the origins and conduct of the Russia inquiry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I will not be impressed with any of this until people actually go to jail for violating the civil rights of American citizens. I am still not convinced that will ever happen.<\/p>\n

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