Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz issued a report on Sept. 30 on the FBI's applications to surveil U.S. citizens, finding "Widespread" failure that "Raises serious questions" and criticizing agents for not fixing flaws spotted in previous audits.
The most recent audit of the agency's Woods Procedures-rules that the FBI follows to ensure that FISA applications are "Scrupulously accurate"-found sweeping "Non-compliance" that "Raises serious questions about the adequacy and execution of the supervisory review process in place at the time of the applications we reviewed," Horowitz said, stating that the FBI's quality-control officials apparently missed these problems.
In a statement released after Horowitz's report, the FBI told media outlets on Sept. 30 that it appreciated the IG's "Determined focus on the FBI's FISA process, especially given the significant changes and policy enhancements that we have worked to make in concert with, and in many instances, prior to the issuance of this most recent OIG Audit Report."
The audit report is an extension of a report that was issued by Horowitz in March 2020, when he reviewed 29 FISA applications.
According to that report, the inspector general couldn't review four of the applications because the FBI wasn't able to locate them.
"In response to the findings in our December 2019 FISA report and March 2020 [report], the FBI Director publicly acknowledged the seriousness of the identified problems and announced numerous steps the FBI was undertaking to address them," he said.
"Feb. 5, 2020: FBI Director Christopher Wray dismisses concerns about the FISA process. Says Americans shouldn't 'lose any sleep' over it. Today: IG Horowitz releases damning report about the FBI's broken FISA process," Jordan wrote.
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Sunday, October 3, 2021
Inspector General Audit Finds ‘Widespread' Problems With FBI's FISA Applications
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