Posted on 05/25/2017 8:24:03 PM PDT by Whenifhow
The FBI has illegally shared raw intelligence about Americans with unauthorized third parties and violated other constitutional privacy protections, according to newly declassified documents that undercut the bureau’s public assurances about how carefully it handles warrantless spy data to avoid abuses or leaks.
In his final congressional testimony before he was fired by President Trump this month, then-FBI Director James Comey unequivocally told lawmakers his agency used sensitive espionage data gathered about Americans without a warrant only when it was “lawfully collected, carefully overseen and checked.”
Once-top secret U.S. intelligence community memos reviewed by Circa tell a different story, citing instances of “disregard” for rules, inadequate training and “deficient” oversight and even one case of deliberately sharing spy data with a forbidden party.
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But the IG said it reviewed the same data and easily found evidence that the FBI accessed NSA data gathered on a person who likely was in the United States, making it illegal to review without a warrant.
“We found several instances in which the FBI acquired communications on the same day that the NSA determined through analysis of intercepted communications that the person was in the United States,” the declassified report revealed.
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FBI officials acknowledged there have been violations but insist they are a small percentage of the total counterterrorism and counterintelligence work its agents perform.
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Jeffress concluded agents’ searches of NSA data now extend far beyond national security issues and thus were “overstepping” the constitutional protections designed to ensure the bureau isn’t violating Americans’ 4th Amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure.
“The FBI procedures allow for really virtually unrestricted querying of the Section 702 data in a way the NSA and CIA have restrained it through their procedures,” she argued before the court in a sealed 2015 proceeding.
(Excerpt) Read more at circa.com ...
Journalists go on 'Hannity' to share details of their report
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5448890093001/?playlist_id=930909813001#sp=show-clips
thanks - didn’t know about that one.
After the purges and trials the FBI needs a thorough revamping.
So, when do they start arrresting FiBbIes?
Waiting...
So James Comey lied under oath during testimony to Congress. Big surprise! The felonies keep piling up. And this is the guy we’re supposed believe as testimony against a standing president with no corroborating evidence. How did this idiot get to be the director of the FBI, oh yeah, Democrats.
Cut their budget by 50%. It’s the only thing, besides prison, they understand
Check out the video. They even got info between lawyers and clients...
Circa News: FBI illegally shared data about Americans
Journalists go on ‘Hannity’ to share details of their report
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5448890093001/?playlist_id=930909813001#sp=show-clips
Prison time is called for, but I won’t hold my breath.
Fedzilla and its attendants in Congress serve themselves not the citizens.
Drip... drip... drip
Then the dam bursts
Sara Carter is breaking this story wide open. A true journalist of the highest caliber
No, reward the good, punish the bad, make examples..........
Drip...drip...drip
ARREST...ARREST....ARREST
WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO ARREST SOMEONE?
DO IT !!!
“Cut their budget by 50%.”
Good luck on that. The FBI and related government organizations know how to protect themselves. They probably have many files on influential people, especially those in charge of the budget votes. Those may have been some of the US citizens surveillance issues. And remember the Clinton administration used FBI files of its perceived enemies, aka Filegate?
We're they selling the information for cash and giving the money to pay off the debt OR we're they pocketing the cash?
Shared with “Third Parties”? What third parties? Hillary?
Bkmk
THIS WAS BREAKING NEWS ON CNN! (It wasn’t)
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