A Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) opinion has disclosed (yet another!) significant breach of FBI policy involving the surveillance of US citizens, including a US Senator, a state Senator, and a state judge. The violations occurred during the implementation of FISA Section 702, which is designed to permit the targeted surveillance of non-US citizens overseas.
We obtained a copy of the opinion for you here.
The opinion was made public by the Director of National Intelligence and discloses queries carried out in June and October 2022 under the purview of Section 702.
In contradiction to established procedures, these queries failed to meet the legally prescribed standard and contravened FBI policy that requires the pre-approval of "sensitive query terms" by the Deputy Director.
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