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Funny FBI Math Concludes ‘Fewer Than’ 3,394,053 “Warrantless Searches” On Americans’ Electronic Data Last Year
redvoicemedia.com ^ | 4/30/2022 | gregory hoyt

Posted on 04/30/2022 11:11:25 AM PDT by bitt

A report from the Daily Wire states that the “FBI may have conducted millions of warrantless searches of Americans’ electronic data,” during the 2021 fiscal year, per a report released on April 29th from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

According to this report, from December 2020 through November 2021, the FBI conducted “fewer than 3,394,053” searches of U.S. data that was pulled from the National Security Agency (NSA).

The rationale for the report reading “fewer than” when detailing the data inquiries is due to a rather complex and arguably funny bit of math in reporting data inquiries, with the report reading that the “system design ensures that all potential U.S. person query terms are captured, but results in an over counting of the number of U.S. person queries actually conducted by the FBI.”

However, with a number nearing 3.4 million data queries on Americans, even if overinflated to a degree, is still a concerning volume. The Daily Wire reported that this ODNI report marks “the first time a U.S. intelligence agency has published an accounting of how the FBI scoops up data through the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.”

Apparently, the FBI came under heavy scrutiny with alleged abuses of this process when investigating the ultimately unfounded claims of Trump-Russia collusion in the lead-up to the 2016 election.

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1 posted on 04/30/2022 11:11:25 AM PDT by bitt
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2 posted on 04/30/2022 11:11:40 AM PDT by bitt ( <img src=' 'width=50%> )
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To: bitt

3, 394, 052.


3 posted on 04/30/2022 11:19:42 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: bitt

Ninas been busy I see.


4 posted on 04/30/2022 11:26:58 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: bitt

Ninas been busy I see.


5 posted on 04/30/2022 11:29:01 AM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Ann Archy
"3, 394, 052"

Probably consisting of:

3,000,000 Fox News viewers
100,000 Breitbart viewers
100,000 Newsmax viewers
20,000 PJ Media viewers
20,000 American Thinker viewers
20,000 Lifesite viewers
10,000 Daily Caller Viewers
10,000 Gateway Pundit viewers
10,000 FrontPage Magazine viewers
10,000 Free Republic viewers
10,000 Federalist viewers
10,000 Newsbusters viewers
74,000 viewers of other conservative sites
6 posted on 04/30/2022 11:38:54 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: bitt

How do I find out if I was on the list?


7 posted on 04/30/2022 11:41:09 AM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag (D.H.S. = Defund Homeland Security)
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To: bitt

It’s gubmit “woke” math.

Multiply the actual number by 0.
Add the number which is desired to report.
Voila! The answer.
Note, the above is a highly complex procedure, which can only be done by woke NEA math teachers. Do not try it at home.


8 posted on 04/30/2022 11:50:25 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: bitt

in the old clinton federal government, using Total Quality Management math, “ an aberration of 9%”, meant stop production, the end product is out of specification, and could be considered not useable by the government,therefore, cease and desist of contract.”


9 posted on 04/30/2022 12:09:31 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: bitt; ex91B10; Texas Fossil; ptsal

Who won the prize for being 3,394,052?

Is that a search that can be submitted under FOIA?


10 posted on 04/30/2022 12:17:51 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: bitt

Yet the FBI even with all the evidence of the Clintons and Bidens and Pelosi’s and Hunter Bidens laptop etc etc cannot find any corruption plus they always say they were aware of the people involved in terrorism yet never arrested them.
So what is the purpose of the FBI?


11 posted on 04/30/2022 1:19:50 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy gas)
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To: minnesota_bound

Hannity’s honest FBI at work protecting Americans from, you know, whatever.

What a tool.


12 posted on 04/30/2022 8:04:48 PM PDT by bakeneko
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To: bitt

These are searches not search results, results could be many hundreds or thousands of people at a time.


13 posted on 04/30/2022 8:57:35 PM PDT by dila813
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To: minnesota_bound

You left off Weiner and Wikileaks.

The FBI is the taxpayer-funded protection racket for the DNC and the Deep State NWO.


14 posted on 04/30/2022 10:23:56 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers....)
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