FBI Wrongfully Searched Foreign-Spying Database For Information About US Senator, State Judge
An FBI analyst wrongfully searched a foreign-spying database for information about a US Senator and two state officials, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The FISC’s Section 702 violation was revealed in a FISA court opinion written in April and partially declassified on Friday.
“Section 702 of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows the government to conduct targeted surveillance of non-U.S. citizens located abroad to acquire foreign intelligence information. When U.S. citizens are flagged as part of these investigations, the FBI takes over the process of querying them for possible security reasons.” Fox News reported.
The court’s opinion said the searches into the three officials did not meet the standard and failed to follow FBI policy.
