Posted on 04/29/2022 12:52:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) revealed the FBI performed as many as 3.4 million searches of U.S. data that had been previously collected by the National Security Agency.
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The ODNI report says the FBI conducted roughly 3.39 million searches "using the identity of a presumed U.S. person" from Dec. 1, 2020, to Nov. 30, 2021.
However, the number of searches for the previous 12-month period was merely [sic] 1.3 million.
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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA...which garnered fame amid reports that former President Donald Trump had been illegally spied on during his 2016 presidential campaign, ostensibly helps U.S. officials govern the means of foreign-intelligence gathering.
The FISA 702 section, which authorizes various FBI searches and other activities, is reportedly set to expire in 2023.
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Nearly 2 million searches were related to investigations of national security threats, involving alleged Russian hackers, according to the WSJ.
Those targeted were searched as "efforts to identify and protect potential victims" of the alleged hacking, senior U.S. officials said, via the WSJ.
It's worth noting: The number of American data searches doesn't need to sync up with the number of Americans who might have had their personal information examined.
An individual's name, telephone number, email addresses, and social security number can all be searched, and each instance of each term would count as a single search.
Searches of U.S. information can pertain to data about U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, and U.S. companies. And various searches, according to the WSJ, can yield a mix of metadata and content of collected communications.
The searches described by Friday’s ODNI report concern a large repository of electronic data collected by the NSA under Section 702 of FISA.
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There are checks in place against abuse, so no need to worry at all. None.
Probably included everyone on Free Republic.
You can thank George W Bush and Bush League Republicans for the police state we now live in.
Stasi... The NSA was created to spy on America’s enemies. Now they spy on us... you do the math.
Didn’t somebody get fired years ago for looking up Obama’s drivers license record?
2 Fired For Looking At Obama Passport File
MARCH 20, 2008 / 9:23 PM / CBS/AP
I’m still waiting for justice regarding the 900 FBI files that showed up in Hillary’s possession.
Condi Rice was a race-suckup even back then.
Another day, just more of the same regarding this disgusting agency.
“None of us wants to have a circumstance where any American’s passport files are looked at in an unauthorized way,” she said.
I’m sure none of those agents were in Hannity’s 99% group.
Every last bit of the Constitution is out the window. Rule of Men and nothing else.
“Probably included everyone on Free Republic.”
Wouldn’t it suck to be one of the FReepers who didn’t get investigated? You’d have to wonder where it was in life that you failed.
I have little doubt.
The Creep State.
The head of the FBI says the biggest threats are white supremacy and nationaism, so that’s where they are searching for people to frame and set-up.
Must read.
Maybe totalitarian thugs running the FBI would be kind enough to release a monthly report on:
ALL CITIZENS KILLED BY WHITE SUPREMACISTS
and ALL CITIZENS KILLED BY ILLEGALS
AND ALL CITIZENS KILLED BY BLACK NATIONALISTS AND BLACK SUPREMACISTS.
Why a monthly report?
Because most Americans have lost respect foe the FBI. .. Issuing a monthly report with ONE standard for all groups would give the FBI a chance to redeem the reputation they had years ago when they were respected.
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