Category: warrantless surveillance

FBI Audit Reveals 8,000 Unjustified Searches of Americans’ Communications

May 15, 2023
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The FBI conducted thousands of queries on digital data collected on U.S. citizens in 2021 and 2022 despite having no warrant and no justification under the FBI’s own rules, according to an internal report released on May 10. The audit, conducted by the FBI Office of Internal Auditing (OIA), was intended to examine the agency’s…

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House Republicans Demand Answers from FBI on FISA Abuse Revelations

May 4, 2021
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House Republicans have called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to provide a “detailed accounting” of every instance since 2019 that the agency has used warrantless surveillance authority to obtain information unrelated to national security, while accusing the FBI of “illegal spying activities.” Reps. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), in a joint letter to…

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