[rjsimmon]

The FBI has the "Woods protocol" that supposedly prohibits presenting FISC with unverified statements.

So true. The issue I see with this is, the FBI lied by omission to the FISC and those involved should be prosecuted. Clearly an abuse of the court and the only way the FISC could ever regain the trust the American people have put into it is to remove the judge (followed by possible criminal charges) and prosecute the FBI agents involved with the FISA request.

[Cboldt]

I see the court as unwitting patsies, not offenders. FISA system is radically different from criminal warrants. The AG/DAG has more a a judge-like role in FISA, than the judge has. The courts are involved to make it "look good" and to, on paper, satisfy separation of powers.

The FBI shot itself in the foot with respect to the court. Why should the court trust the FBI? Why should ANYBODY trust the FBI? It won't even publicly admit it screwed up with this warrant. It defends it as righteous.