Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz released his report on FISA abuse on Dec. 9, providing a condemnation of activities undertaken by the FBI. The focus of the IG Report was abuse of the FISA process and the findings of the IG show numerous problems with the actions by FBI agents in obtaining the FISA warrant used to spy on Trump 2016 presidential campaign adviser Carter Page.
The inspector general noted that the FBI omitted information from the FISA application that detailed work that Page had previously done for another U.S. government agency.
The IG report found that the FBI "Omitted the fact that Steele's Primary Sub-source, who the FBI found credible, had made statements in January 2017 raising significant questions about the reliability of allegations included in the FISA applications."
Even after the FBI had conclusive knowledge that Steele had been the source for Isikoff's article in Yahoo! News, they failed to provide the FISA Court with this information during any of the FISA renewals.
"That so many basic and fundamental errors were made by three separate, hand-picked teams on one of the most sensitive FBI investigations that was briefed to the highest levels within the FBI and that FBI officials expected would eventually be subjected to close scrutiny, raised significant questions regarding the FBI chain of command's management and supervision of the FISA process."
The Inspector General repeatedly noted in his report that the FBI appeared to make Steele-and his information-appear more credible to the FISA Court than it really was.
"Based on the evidence collected to date, and while our investigation is ongoing, last month we advised the Inspector General that we do not agree with some of the report's conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened."
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The inspector general noted that the FBI omitted information from the FISA application that detailed work that Page had previously done for another U.S. government agency.
The IG report found that the FBI "Omitted the fact that Steele's Primary Sub-source, who the FBI found credible, had made statements in January 2017 raising significant questions about the reliability of allegations included in the FISA applications."
Even after the FBI had conclusive knowledge that Steele had been the source for Isikoff's article in Yahoo! News, they failed to provide the FISA Court with this information during any of the FISA renewals.
"That so many basic and fundamental errors were made by three separate, hand-picked teams on one of the most sensitive FBI investigations that was briefed to the highest levels within the FBI and that FBI officials expected would eventually be subjected to close scrutiny, raised significant questions regarding the FBI chain of command's management and supervision of the FISA process."
The Inspector General repeatedly noted in his report that the FBI appeared to make Steele-and his information-appear more credible to the FISA Court than it really was.
"Based on the evidence collected to date, and while our investigation is ongoing, last month we advised the Inspector General that we do not agree with some of the report's conclusions as to predication and how the FBI case was opened."
https://www.theepochtimes.com/key-findings-of-doj-inspector-general-point-to-significant-fisa-abuse_3169762.html
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