It’s Official, The FISA Court is Compromised – Presiding Judge James Boasberg Hires Former DOJ-NSD Head, Mary McCord, as Amici Curiae to Advise The Court

The Conservative Treehouse ^ | April 28, 2021 | Sundance

[Texas Fossil]

The FISA Court is Compromised

I hate to write this, but there is just no good way to look at this. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, specifically Presiding Judge James Boasberg, has hired former DOJ National Security Division head, Mary McCord, as amici curiae advisor to the court. [LINK] The placement was first noted by an announcement from Georgetown Law ICAP. Presiding Judge James Boasberg, is the decision-maker in the appointment of Amici Curiae to the FISA court. There is no way, NO WAY, Judge Boasberg does not know Mary McCord was at the epicenter of the fraudulent FISA application used against Carter Page. Remember, in addition to being the FISC Presiding Judge, Boasberg was also the trial judge in the case against Kevin Clinesmith, the FBI lawyer who lied about Page working for the CIA on the FISA application. {Go Deep}

Boasberg knows Mary McCord took over from former DOJ-NSD head John Carlin (October 2016); and it was McCord who guided the Carter Page FISA application through the court and across the finish-line (October 2016 and January 2017). That FISA application was built upon fraud and Mary McCord was at the center of it.

Mary McCord was also the DOJ-NSD official who went with Sally Yates to confront the White House Counsel, Don McGhan, about the Michael Flynn interview with the FBI. {Go Deep} It was also Mary McCord who had Michael Atkinson as the chief-legal-counsel for the DOJ-NSD -that’s her office attorney- when the FISA application was submitted in October 2016, and renewed in January 2017.

Michael Atkinson went from DOJ-NSD counsel to become the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG). {Go Deep}

[Georgia Girl 2]

The FISA court was created to be compromised.

[Texas Fossil]

At the time it was formed, some here saw this coming.

Was it W’s plan? I doubt it, but he is clearly a part of it now.

[Georgia Girl 2]

I was opposed to the FISA court from inception. It was ripe for corruption.

[Texas Fossil]

Agree.

[zeugma]

secret courts are anathema to america

True. That's why they now exist. FISA courts are a built-in rubber stamp to provide cover for the government.

[Grampa Dave]

“FISA/FISC generally operates under the supervision of the Chief Justice of the USSC(?)

https://epic.org/privacy/surveillance/fisa/fisc/

Electronic Privacy Information CenterDefend Privacy.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) was established by Congress in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978. The role of the FISC is to provide judicial oversight of Intelligence Community activities in a classified setting. The FISC is composed of federal judges appointed by the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and its decisions can be reviewed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (FISCR) and the Supreme Court.

After the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, the FISC has to rule on important and novel Fourth Amendment issues raised by the government’s proposed targeting and minimization procedures. Most of the FISC’s orders and filings are highly classified, but, after the USA Freedom Act, any significant legal interpretations by the court must be made public.

https://epic.org/privacy/surveillance/fisa/fisc/

[Grampa Dave]

Pinging

[Grampa Dave]

United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: Founded: October 25, 1978

The United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court is a U.S. federal court established and authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to oversee requests for surveillance warrants against foreign spies inside the United States by federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Wikipedia

Presiding Judge: James E. Boasberg
Judge term length: 7 years
Judges: 11
Founded: October 25, 1978
Created by: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act; 50 U.S.C. §§ 1803–1805
Established: October 25, 1978
Authority: Article III court

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ob3WATgRHSeS2eX9MEK_OoomSARTWH5wWij6ufUpg6g/edit

[SteveH]

keyboard spew alert

[SteveH]

so... the traitor roberts strikes again :(

[Grampa Dave]

Yep, he appoints Deep State Buddies and is in the clear.

99.99% of Americans have no idea what FISA/FISC even means.

[SteveH]

> 99.99% of Americans have no idea what FISA/FISC even means.

Time to write my opus, The Decline and Fall of the American Empire (gore vidal already wrote something by that title in 2003, but this time it is for real, lol)...