Posted on 12/20/2019 3:28:47 AM PST by karpov
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court this week blasted the Federal Bureau of Investigation for “misconduct” in the Carter Page surveillance warrant. Some would call this accountability. Others will more rightly call it the FISC’s “shocked to find gambling” moment.
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On Feb. 7, 2018, Devin Nunes, then chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, sent a letter to Judge Collyer informing her of its findings in his probe of the FBI’s Page application. He wrote that “the Committee found that the FBI and DOJ failed to disclose the specific political actors paying for uncorroborated information” that went to the court, “misled the FISC regarding dissemination of this information,” and “failed to correct these errors in the subsequent renewals.” Mr. Nunes asked the court whether any transcripts of FISC hearings about this application existed, and if so, to provide them to the committee.
Judge Collyer responded a week later, with a dismissive letter that addressed only the last request. The judge observed that any such transcripts would be classified, that the court doesn’t maintain a “systematic record” of proceedings and that, given “separation of power considerations,” Mr. Nunes would be better off asking the Justice Department. The letter makes no reference to the Intelligence Committee findings.
Mr. Nunes tried again in a June 13, 2018, follow-up letter, which I have obtained. He told the court that Congress “uncovered evidence that DOJ and FBI provided incomplete and potentially incorrect information to the Court,” and that “significant relevant information was not disclosed to the Court.” This was Mr. Nunes telling FISC exactly what Inspector General Michael Horowitz told the world—18 months sooner. Mr. Nunes asked Judge Collyer to “initiate a thorough investigation.” To assist her, the same month he separately sent FISC “a classified summary of Congress’s findings and facts” to that point.
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It has always appeared that the FISA judges were either as credulous as first graders or in cahoots with the whole scam.
AG Barr in an interview with Martha McCallum stated that FISA Court should stay and that he is happy with Wray’s progress in crafting “solutions”.
EXACTLY!......this investigation involves hundreds of people...more people then any RICO Investigation undertaken....It is important that Barr and Durham and others follow the letter of the law....Make air-tight cases...Turn witnesses as needed from the ground up!
The worst thing he could do is start issuing indictments willy-nilly..
Remember..if done right...The Wheels of Justice turns slowly...but grind exceedingly fine...
Cross all the T's and dot all the I’s...CONVICT THEM ALL!!
Yeah, I saw that. The courts themselves are not under DOJ purview anyway. The FBI, of course, is and I have no idea if Wray can be trusted to set it straight. As I see it there is no other way, other than for management to select submittals occasionally, perhaps sometimes randomly and go over them with a fine tooth comb. Even more important discipline anyone who is caught screwing up. The severity of the discipline should depend on the seriousness of the screw up, with termination always an option for the dirty cops.
The courts are another matter. If judges are not ensuring that the submittals are thorough and accurate, they are failing to do their jobs and should be removed.
I’m not at all confident any of this will happen. When it comes to government employees it’s always “justice for thee, but not for me.”
It sucks
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