Posted on 07/21/2023 3:06:54 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
FBI officials improperly searched a foreign intelligence database for information on a U.S. Senator, a state senator and a state judge, according to an unsealed court opinion released Friday.
The improper queries of the surveillance collection tool, which allegedly occurred last year -- could further roil an ongoing push by the Biden Administration to have the Section 702 program reauthorized before it is set to expire by the end of this year.
The disclosures come even as the FBI said it has reported significant improvements in oversight to help curb further abuse of what intelligence officials argue is an essential tool to protect U.S. national security.
The U.S. senator whose information was improperly searched has been notified, but the state senator and the state judge have not, according to officials who briefed reporters on the opinion Friday. The officials also said that even though the searches were wrongfully conducted, none of the individuals were "surveilled" and no information was specifically collected about the lawmakers or the judge.
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Because those traitors and posers who hijacked this government made everything secret in order to protect and insolate themselves from their crimes. They do what they please. They’re clearly above the law and most of them have nothing but contempt for millions of tax paying deplorable people. Some of them have even admitted they’d like to see Trump supporters dead.
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