Justice Department IG: Corrupt FBI routinely failed to document FISA warrant claims

The Justice Department’s inspector general revealed Tuesday that in each of more than two dozen cases his office reviewed, the FBI routinely failed to document evidence for claims made in secret surveillance court requests.
The significant findings indicate problems extend beyond those identified last year by the office of IG Michael Horowitz, which concluded that FBI agents had made significant errors and omissions in applications to eavesdrop on a former Trump campaign adviser during the early months of the Russia investigation.
The disclosure is also likely to embolden civil libertarians in both political parties who are pushing for major reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Horowitz launched the review after finding in a December report that the FBI improperly withheld information from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court when seeking surveillance orders against 2016 Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.
Horowitz’s office reviewed 29 cases involving US residents between 2014 and 2019 and found insufficient documentation in every case to support claims in court papers.
The FISA court is a shadowy body able to authorize surveillance of US citizens and others suspected of terrorism or espionage. But it hears only from government attorneys, heightening the stakes if presentations are incomplete.
According to an investigation summary released by Horowitz, the inspector general’s team reviewed 29 FISA cases, and in four cases, there was no “Woods File,” a term for a required set of evidence to support each fact alleged in FISA requests.

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Justice Department IG: Corrupt FBI routinely failed to document FISA warrant claims

Justice Department IG: Corrupt FBI routinely failed to document FISA warrant claims

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