FISA

Senate Votes To Reauthorize Warrantless Surveillance Tool Minutes After It Expired |

The United States Senate voted to reauthorize a surveillance tool early Saturday morning, despite objections from conservative and left-wing members.…

2 weeks ago

House Conservatives Tank FISA Vote In Blow To Speaker Mike Johnson

The House of Representatives on Wednesday blocked a bill to reauthorize a controversial provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act…

4 weeks ago

Congress Votes To Extend FBI Warrantless Surveillance Tool Without Reforming It

Congress voted Thursday to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) with no reforms as part of…

5 months ago

House Judiciary Committee To Introduce Reform To Warrantless Surveillance Law

The House Judiciary Committee plans to propose a bill mandating the need for a warrant when surveilling Americans under Section…

5 months ago

Wray: FBI Has ‘Slowed’ Disciplinary Process For FISA Abuse In Order To Assist Special Counsel’s Probe

Special counsel John Durham asked the FBI to delay taking disciplinary measures against bureau employees implicated in a watchdog report…

3 years ago

Justice Department Announces FISA Reforms To Prevent Another Carter Page Debacle

Attorney General William Barr on Tuesday announced new measures aimed at preventing abuse of the FISA system that occurred during…

4 years ago

Trump Urges House Republicans To Vote Against Spy Tool Used Against Campaign

President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged House Republicans to vote against reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the surveillance…

4 years ago

Senate Allows FBI to Search Your Browser History Without Warrant

IB Times – An attempt to block an extraordinary expansion of federal surveillance failed in the U.S. Senate by one vote…

4 years ago

CODEVILLA: I Helped Write FISA. Let’s Destroy It

On June 17, 1972 police caught four men unconnected with politics, led by James McCord, who worked for President Nixon’s…

4 years ago

‘Lack Of Confidence’: DOJ Watchdog Finds More Problems With FBI’s FISA Procedures

The Justice Department office of the inspector general has a “lack of confidence” in the FBI’s procedures to validate information…

4 years ago

House Strikes Deal On Surveillance Bill, Addressing Some Problems From Carter Page FISA Report

Lawmakers in the House reached an agreement Tuesday to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, with some proposed reforms aimed…

4 years ago

Spy Court Sidelines FBI And DOJ Officials Who Wiretapped Carter Page

FBI and Justice Department employees involved in the process of wiretapping Carter Page were barred Wednesday from taking part in…

4 years ago

FBI Agent Faulted In FISA Report For ‘Significant’ Errors Has Finally Been Identified 

An FBI agent faulted for some of the most significant problems laid out in the Justice Department’s inspector general report…

4 years ago

Swampy: Ex-DOJ Official Named In FISA Abuse Report Signs Petition Calling On William Barr To Resign

A former Justice Department official and MSNBC analyst who is discussed throughout the inspector general’s report on FISA abuse added…

4 years ago

Lindsey Graham Releases FISA Witness Wish List

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham on Friday identified 17 FBI and Justice Department employees he wants to interview regarding…

4 years ago