They leak bogus information to the media then use the media reports as a basis for probable cause.
The Patriot Act, with its secret courts, was the creation of Republican President George W. Bush. It was one of the greatest assaults on the individual rights enshrined in the Constitution in American history. Any president who truly believe in freedom and liberty would never ask Congress to establish secret courts.
The founders would be shocked that secret FISA courts even exist. They would be shocked that agency heads routinely lie and use the power of government through regulation and law fare to attack political opponents and other citizens. They would be appalled by the support for censorship of speech and the collusion of government and industry to suppress free speech. The imprisonment of January 6 defendants without due process for years without trial would be considered tyrannical.
How far we have fallen. Every time you vote for an evil Republican because he/she isn’t as evil as the Democrat, remember George W. Bush and the Patriot Act.
The FISA abuses and leaks should be charged the way it would be charged if it were done against 0bama. The Russia collusion hoax should be charged as treason the same way any other “Color Revolution” should be.