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Lawfare (blog)
April 2, 2018
Baker also profoundly misunderstands the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. He says that “FISA was never intended as a tool to pursue Americans” but only “agents of a foreign power”; that it “was not intended to be used in criminal prosecutions”; that it was and is an “abuse” to seek a FISA warrantÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 20, 2018
National security lawyer Bradley Moss sent a letter Tuesday to President Trump urging him to release the materials of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant materials used to obtain the authority to spy on former Trump campaign official Carter Page. The letter was sent on behalf of USA TodayÃâà...
The Federalist
March 15, 2018
In June 2015, Congress adopted modest reforms to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) — the federal statute that allows the Department of ... to create a roster of attorneys willing to appear as amicus curiae, or friend of the court, to challenge the DOJ's application for a surveillance warrant.
CBS News
March 7, 2018
The memo alleged that the FBI relied on information from a dossier written by former British spy Christopher Steele and paid for by Democratic groups when they sought a warrant to monitor Carter Page, one of Trump's foreign policy advisors, under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Washington Examiner
March 5, 2018
Last week's letter from House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., to Attorney General Jeff Sessions states that the FBI may have broken federal law by using unverified information to support its Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant applications against Carter Page.
Washington Examiner
March 4, 2018
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, established in 1978 through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to oversee the process by which the federal government requests secret surveillance warrants, has become a rallying call for the Trump administration and some Republican lawmakers, whoÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 4, 2018
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, established in 1978 through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to oversee the process by which the federal government requests secret surveillance warrants, has become a rallying call for the Trump administration and some Republican lawmakers, whoÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 2, 2018
Levin demanded that Congress investigate whether the Justice Department and the FBI engaged in “misconduct” before the FISA court, partially because of the role the dossier played in the obtaining a surveillance warrant. Levin criticized the judges and said the his organization, the Landmark LegalÃâà...
Politico
March 2, 2018
White House: Trump wants overhaul of FISA for getting surveillance warrants ... “Look, the president's made clear that he has a lot of concerns like you said with the current FISA process,” Sanders said at the daily press briefing, referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. “Nothing makes theÃâà...
The Boston Globe
March 1, 2018
Trump's latest tirade stems from a comment Sessions made Tuesday, when he suggested the Justice Department's inspector general will evaluate whether prosecutors and FBI agents wrongly obtained a warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to monitor the communications of a onetimeÃâà...
CNN
February 27, 2018
... Department is looking at whether the FBI has properly handled applications for surveillance orders under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. ... When the Nunes memo, which focuses on the FISA warrants on former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page, was released earlier thisÃâà...
Vox
February 24, 2018
The Nunes memo's core allegation is that the FBI and Department of Justice misled at least one federal judge on a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court during the Trump-Russia investigation. In October 2016, the FBI requested a FISA warrant to spy on former Trump campaign aide Carter PageÃâà...
LifeZette
February 19, 2018
Attorney General Jeff Sessions confirmed Sunday that the Department of Justice is investigating whether the FBI disclosed all relevant facts to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court in seeking a warrant to spy on a 2016 Trump campaign volunteer. “Let me tell you, every FISA warrant basedÃâà...
CBS News
February 11, 2018
In the wake of the House Intelligence Committee's release of a GOP-crafted memo alleging surveillance abuses by the Department of Justice, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, is defending the FBI for its conduct in seeking a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant against former Trump campaignÃâà...
RealClearPolitics
February 5, 2018
When asked if then-FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe told the Intel Committee behind closed doors that if not for the Steele dossier no FISA warrant would have been issued, he said that was taken "out of context" and that those were "not his exact words." He called the dossier "largely accurate."
Axios
February 2, 2018
Devin Nunes of the House Intelligence Committee alleged abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by the FBI and the Department of Justice. Why it matters: There are a lot of myths about FISA, its associated courts, and the approval process the DOJ must go through to get a warrant to conduct surveillance.
Newsweek
February 2, 2018
The Justice Department hasn't publicly commented on the warrant request, but some officials and former officials have said that the dossier was not the basis for the warrant. If a part of Steele's dossier was presented to the FISA court judge, that portion would have been validated and approved by severalÃâà...
Vox
December 31, 1999
The Justice Department is launching an investigation into the controversial Carter Page warrant ... A judge from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court has to give the FBI permission if it wants to spy on a US citizen it thinks might be working with a foreign government. Republicans and DemocratsÃâà...
Axios
December 31, 1999
The Justice Department's Inspector General announced Wednesday that it will be conducting an investigation into how the FBI handles Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant applications in response to requests from Attorney General Jeff Sessions and members of Congress. Why it matters: Back in February,Ãâà...
