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Report: FBI Conducted Millions of American Data Searches Last Year Without a Warrant
NewsMax ^ | Friday, 29 April 2022 | By Jay Clemons |

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Government
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1 posted on 04/29/2022 12:52:22 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

There are checks in place against abuse, so no need to worry at all. None.


2 posted on 04/29/2022 12:56:43 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump won.)
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To: BenLurkin

Probably included everyone on Free Republic.


3 posted on 04/29/2022 12:56:54 PM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: BenLurkin

You can thank George W Bush and Bush League Republicans for the police state we now live in.


4 posted on 04/29/2022 12:57:18 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: BenLurkin

Stasi... The NSA was created to spy on America’s enemies. Now they spy on us... you do the math.


5 posted on 04/29/2022 1:01:37 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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To: BenLurkin

Didn’t somebody get fired years ago for looking up Obama’s drivers license record?


6 posted on 04/29/2022 1:02:20 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: SpaceBar
Good memory!

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.

7 posted on 04/29/2022 1:08:08 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (Instead of criminalizing guns, we need to criminalize criminals.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Condi Rice was a race-suckup even back then.


8 posted on 04/29/2022 1:14:08 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: BenLurkin

Another day, just more of the same regarding this disgusting agency.


9 posted on 04/29/2022 1:17:50 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: SpaceBar

“None of us wants to have a circumstance where any American’s passport files are looked at in an unauthorized way,” she said.


10 posted on 04/29/2022 1:25:38 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: BenLurkin

I’m sure none of those agents were in Hannity’s 99% group.


11 posted on 04/29/2022 1:26:19 PM PDT by lewislynn (Is Fox News covering for Soros, Dominion, themselves with their continued silence on 2020)
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To: BenLurkin

Every last bit of the Constitution is out the window. Rule of Men and nothing else.


12 posted on 04/29/2022 1:31:02 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's hard to "Believe all women" when judges say "I don't know what a woman is".)
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To: Fido969

“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.


13 posted on 04/29/2022 2:14:26 PM PDT by MercyFlush (The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce.)
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To: Fido969
Probably included everyone on Free Republic.

I have little doubt.

14 posted on 04/29/2022 4:13:02 PM PDT by libertylover (Our BIGGEST problem, by far, is that most of the media is hate & agenda driven, not truth driven.)
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To: BenLurkin; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; ...
The Creep State.

15 posted on 04/29/2022 9:48:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Ken H
I'm sure they were looking for ISIS, Mexican Cartel members and Russian spies... NOT American conservatives... right? /s
16 posted on 04/30/2022 12:56:01 AM PDT by GOPJ (Gumballs and illegals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=45&v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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To: GOPJ

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.


17 posted on 04/30/2022 1:03:36 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: BenLurkin

Must read.


18 posted on 04/30/2022 1:58:06 AM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Cboldt

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.


19 posted on 04/30/2022 9:33:44 AM PDT by GOPJ (Gumballs and illegals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=45&v=LPjzfGChGlE)
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