A judge who is part of a secret court system criticized the Obama administration for "An institutional lack of candor" in seeking warrants to spy on U.S. citizens.
The scrutiny also came long before the so-called Nunes memo raised questions about the Obama administration's surveillance requests in late 2016 related to the incoming president, Donald Trump, and Russia.
The Trump administration recently agreed to declassify the memo from Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman of the House intelligence committee.
In it, Nunes essentially accused the FBI of not informing a special court under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act about the political origins of information used to justify surveillance of a Trump campaign volunteer.
Judge Rosemary M. Collyer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a member of the FISA court, signed the reprimand.
The FISA court's report criticized the NSA's Office of Inspector General and the NSA's Office of Compliance for Operations with "An institutional lack of candor" and described the matter as raising "Very serious Fourth Amendment issues."
"The court of public opinion is a bigger concern when section 702 comes up for renewal [again]. This could undermine trust in the agencies with regard to FISA, which is an extraordinarily powerful tool."
http://dailysignal.com/2018/02/14/lack-candor-cited-surveillance-requests-obama-administration/
The scrutiny also came long before the so-called Nunes memo raised questions about the Obama administration's surveillance requests in late 2016 related to the incoming president, Donald Trump, and Russia.
The Trump administration recently agreed to declassify the memo from Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., chairman of the House intelligence committee.
In it, Nunes essentially accused the FBI of not informing a special court under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act about the political origins of information used to justify surveillance of a Trump campaign volunteer.
Judge Rosemary M. Collyer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a member of the FISA court, signed the reprimand.
The FISA court's report criticized the NSA's Office of Inspector General and the NSA's Office of Compliance for Operations with "An institutional lack of candor" and described the matter as raising "Very serious Fourth Amendment issues."
"The court of public opinion is a bigger concern when section 702 comes up for renewal [again]. This could undermine trust in the agencies with regard to FISA, which is an extraordinarily powerful tool."
http://dailysignal.com/2018/02/14/lack-candor-cited-surveillance-requests-obama-administration/
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