Posted on 09/01/2020 2:03:31 PM PDT by ransomnote
The Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation today announced key reforms that will empower the FBI to build a more robust internal compliance program and that will ensure, among other things, the accuracy of FISA applications, as well as the active oversight of applications targeting federal elected officials, candidates for federal elected office, and their staffs.
“Today, the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation press forward with Foreign Intelligence Surveillance reforms. In consultation with FBI Director Wray, I issued two memoranda — one that authorizes the establishment of an FBI Office of Internal Auditing and directs the FBI to undertake aggressive compliance measures, and the other that establishes protocols to ensure the accuracy of FISA applications and the effective oversight of any surveillance applications targeting elected officials and political campaigns,” said Attorney General William P. Barr. “FISA is a critical tool to ensuring the safety and security of Americans, particularly when it comes to fighting terrorism. However, the American people must have confidence that the United States Government will exercise its surveillance authorities in a manner that protects the civil liberties of Americans, avoids interference in the political process, and complies with the Constitution and laws of the United States. What happened to the Trump presidential campaign and his subsequent Administration after the President was duly elected by the American people must never happen again.”
“Since the Inspector General’s Crossfire Hurricane report was issued last December, I have made clear that it describes conduct that was unacceptable and unrepresentative of the FBI as an organization” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. “That’s why I immediately ordered more than 40 corrective actions, including foundational FISA reforms, many of which went beyond those recommended by the Inspector General. The FBI has been working diligently to implement these corrective actions. The additional reforms announced today, which we worked on closely with the Attorney General’s office, will build on the FBI’s efforts to bolster its compliance program. FISA is an indispensable tool that the FBI uses to protect our country from national security threats, and Americans can rest assured that the FBI remains dedicated to continuously strengthening our FISA compliance efforts and ensuring that our FISA authorities are exercised in a responsible manner.”
The first memorandum issued by the Attorney General is entitled Augmenting the Internal Compliance Functions of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This memorandum makes significant improvements to the FBI’s internal compliance program. It authorizes the establishment of the Office of Internal Auditing to overcome a gap in auditing capability at the FBI and requires the development of compliance and oversight mechanisms, training, and internal controls to ensure the FBI’s compliance with applicable statutes, policies, procedures, and court orders that govern the FBI’s national security activities. The reforms also require the FBI to perform robust auditing functions, including, for example, routine audits of the FBI’s use of National Security Letters, compliance with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and adherence to FISA’s minimization, targeting, and querying procedures.
The second memorandum is entitled Supplemental Reforms to Enhance Compliance, Oversight, and Accountability with Respect to Certain Foreign Intelligence Activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The supplemental reforms in this memorandum build on the corrective measures undertaken by the FBI Director in his response to the December 2019 report of the Department of Justice Inspector General entitled Review of Four FISA Applications and Other Aspects of the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation. These reforms are designed to ensure the accuracy and completeness of FISA applications targeting U.S. persons. The reforms also include oversight protocols to ensure that any use of FISA to surveil federal elected officials, candidates for federal elected office, or their advisors or staff is justified, non-partisan, and based on full and complete information. Finally, the memorandum requires the FBI to develop procedures to prevent United States persons from becoming unwitting participants in malign influence operations by foreign powers and to review its disciplinary policies and procedures to ensure appropriate disciplinary action for those who knowingly misrepresent facts to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
I’m not on Twitter and don’t follow their vomit. Regardless, I will refrain from using that term, thanks for the heads up.
Right. Not just fired. But recall Barr said that the prosecution is moving UPWARDS. The MSM isn’t going to tell us about prosecutions regardless of tier level, but after almost losing the republic permanently, and attempts to destroy Trump ongoing, I don’t believe the President or his AG are idle or “satisfied” to just “fire” people. But note that the stock market and the public’s psyche is already strained by Covid-19 scam-demic, so adding in the degree of treachery in the DOJ and other Agencies right now could only destabilize ahead of the election.
NOBODY BELIEVES YOU!!! Send people to jail and THEN AND ONLY THEN will we talk. Rotten to the core.
NOBODY BELIEVES YOU!!!
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Ah...not true! :D
Sounds like you want to make certain political views illegal - which country do you think this is?
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Huh? Where do you get that from?
If the prosecution were going on apace then there is no need for this crap, as penalty under the law ought to have been dissuasive and it is not...
meh
If the prosecution were going on apace then there is no need for this crap, as penalty under the law ought to have been dissuasive and it is not...
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When the crimes originated, Obama was president and they fully expected to steal the election so they had no fear. When he won they back tracked and filled in fake stuff but they did expect to kill him or impeach him so they didn’t expect prosecution.
This is the Deep State’s effort to save themselves. Nothing would be dissuasive to them. The corruption was in place prior to Trump’s arrival and they are losing their grip.
“Fired.” But receiving pension benefits, media contracts, book contracts, consulting fees. Not in prison where they belong.
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We actually don’t know where they are. Some were allowed to portray themselves as leaving on their own terms, like Rosenstein and Mueller, to avoid the planned riots that the Deep State was going to use to summon “help” from the coup masters at the U.N. But, President Trump didn’t take the bait.
Others who were formally fired - we don’t know where they are or what prosecution they are facing. They won’t tell us, the MSM won’t tell us, and the Trump administration is fighting to hold down nationwide riots and has no reason to “stir it up” at the government level just now.
Barr sucks.
Where is Wray’s photo?
As long as Wray is the FBI director, this means nothing. He’s a weak sister and has to go, say after Nov. 3rd.
The FBI can’t be fixed.
How can any of this matter when the FBI ‘is’ more than willing to violate the law without consequence?
That is like wolves making a ‘new rule’ the sheep are to be left alone.
Everyone knows it’s BS right out of the gate.
Shut them down, start over.
Maybe they should start with “it’s not okay to lie to judges”.
I know that would be a herculean task for public employees.
Especially *these* public employees.
You need a job with the Fake News folks - this is similar to ensuring the IRS isn’t used as a political weapon against conservative groups - it will help prevent another attempt at a coup by illegal witch-hunt...
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