The FISA court has the power to indict the people who lied on the warrant applications. Retaining the records for litigation in civil suits is weak tea.
These FISC justices are engaging in a CYA to deflect from their own lack of integrity.
I'm not sure that is true. I believe there has to be a special investigator/prosecutor like Durham to bring indictments like he just did against Michael Sussmann.
According to the indictment, Sussmann -- a prominent cybersecurity lawyer whose law firm Perkins Coie worked for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign -- lied at a September 2016 meeting with then-FBI General Counsel James Baker in which Sussmann shared information about possible connections between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank.
IIRC, the head judge at FISA gave the FBI the riot act for not thoroughly vetting their witness/evidence when applying for warrants. The problem was until now, even the FBI "supposedly" didn't know Sussmann was lying. I believe more will fall, but not Comey or Hillary because they now have an excuse in Sussmann.
No. No court has the power to indict. The most power a court has is criminal contempt, otherwise courts are supposed to judge cases that are brought by law enforcement.
The FISA court is a make-work boondogel whith the purpose of fooling the public into a false beliefe that snooping regulated. factr is, 100% of what is said on wire (typed, vocal) is captured. All of it. It is considered "not snooping" as a matter of law.