Posted on 05/26/2022 7:41:45 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables
Top House Republicans are demanding answers from the FBI after court-ordered information came to light showing that the federal agency had collected the information of over 3 million Americans without a warrant.
In a May 25 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio) asked Wray to explain why his agency had wiretapped and gathered personal information on over 3.3 million Americans without a warrant (pdf).
Limited authority to gather foreign intelligence information is granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Specifically, section 702 of the bill says: “the Attorney General (AG) and the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) may jointly authorize the targeting of (i) non-U.S. persons (ii) who are reasonably believed to be outside of the United States (iii) to acquire foreign intelligence information.”
However, this power can grant an expanding circle of possible searches to the FBI and other intel agencies, who can use the same power against American citizens who had any interaction with targeted foreigners.
Historically, insight into how FISA has been used against American citizens has been limited and hidden behind classified reports....
(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...
Just wait until the GOP gets control of both chambers! /s
Kabuki Theater.
The FBI has clearly gone rogue. This has been the case for at least a generation now, if not longer. What to do, what to do?
answers? how ‘bout deaths?
Until criminals pay with their lives there will be no end to the official lawlessness
Death is a highly underrated deterrant
This is why the Uniparty needs to back Ukraine.
They can spy on Americans from outside the country without worrying about legal issues.
The GOP is on this like a Tick on a Hound! Heck, the FBI probably pays their kid’s bills…
The FBI needs to be completely disbanded. It’s irremediably corrupt. All the senior leadership needs to be fired, stripped of their pensions, and put in front of Grand Juries.
While we are at it fire the entire SES and their staffs.
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I’m betting Salvador Ramos was not on that list.
Just wait until the GOP gets control of both chambers! /s
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Disappointment City!
I can see them spying on that Texas shooter but a warrant would have no problem being issued. The FBI unfortunately takes it a step too far. Slippery slope. It’s government not doing’s job-too big. The solution is to get rid of the redundant departments so that the few can do it’s job effectively.
We won’t get any answers
And if we do no one will be punished
And if someone is actually punished for this we will still be spied on anyway
I don’t know if it needs to be dissolved. The key is that government officials are breaking the law with impunity. Start sending powerful people to jail and all federal agencies will be reined in.
Comey and his partner, Eric the Holder did this. It’s disgusting.
“The key is that government officials are breaking the law with impunity.”
A fish rots from the head. And this rot has gone all the way to the toes. There’s no redeeming the FBI. None of it.
Close it. Turn their building into condos and sell it to the highest bidder.
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Actually between the FBI, CIA and NSA they are spying on about 330 million Americans.
FBI = GESTAPO = KGB = STASI. Is this a coincidence?
It takes effort to find people they can groom to be domestic terrorists.
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