Epstein Secrets

and may well have been unconstitutional." Politico <https://www.politico.cotn/news/2020/09/02/court-rules-nsa-phone-snooping-illegal-407727> (9/2, Gerstein, 4.29M) reports the NSA program that "swept up details on billions of Americans' phone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional, a federal ap

of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit "said the warrantless telephone dragnet that secretly collected millions of Americans' telephone records violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and may well have been unconstitutional." Politico <https://www.politico.cotn/news/2020/09/02/court-rules-nsa-phone-snooping-illegal-407727> (9/2,

on officials but it won't lead to many tangible consequences." Politico Analysis: Administration Likely To Lose Legal Fight. Politico (7/8, Hesson, Gerstein, 4.29M) reports "Trump's fight to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census is one he seems likely to lose." Politico quotes Vanita Gupta, "a fo

nday, found that NSA "is behind on implementing internal data system controls aimed at assuring compliance with the domestic privacy protections in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act." The IG "found that NSA did not have a necessary system control. ... Until this system control is implemented, the agency will be at risk for perf

ary Committee appeared unsatisfied with his answers, several signaled that they would vote for his confirmation next week." Politico (2/22, LeVine, Gerstein, 6.73M) reports, "Republicans did use the opportunity to gingerly push Garland to commit to allowing federal prosecutors to press on with politicall

ng pressed by Republican senators to assess Comey's job performance." Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC, "after pressing Garland on his thoughts related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, asked whether he believed Comey was a good FBI director. 'Senator, I really don't want to get into analyzing any of the previous directors,' Garla

ents to (special counsel Robert] Mueller's team or to the grand juries it used." The CNN (11/30, Polantz, 83.16M) website, Politico (11/30, Cheney, Gerstein, 4.29M), The Hill (11/30, Neidig, 2.98M), the New York Post (11/30, Nelson, 4.57M), and Courthouse News (11/30, Mineiro, 2K) provide similar coverag

nd increase Federal Trade Commission enforcement activity." Additionally, the "legal issues involved include U.S. surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" and other directives. The next administration "opens the door to potential reconsideration of, or modifications to," some of these, "which could p

llions of Americans' telephone records violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and may well have been unconstitutional." Politico (9/2, Gerstein, 4.29M) reports the NSA program that "swept up details on billions of Americans' phone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional, a federal ap

of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit "said the warrantless telephone dragnet that secretly collected millions of Americans' telephone records violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and may well have been unconstitutional." Politico (9/2, Gerstein, 4.29M) reports the NSA program that "swept up details on billions of Americans'

f our Country? We will appeal this decision!" USA Today. (12/08, Bagchi), Reuters (12/08, Goudsward), The Guardian (12/08, Lowell), Politico (12/08, Gerstein, Cheney), the Wall Street Journal (12/08, Gurman, Barber), the New York Post (12/08, Christenson), NBC News (12/08, Barnes, Reilly, Gregorian), Rol

vocates have criticized the law, but Congress renewed the legislation twice with broad bipartisan support. The article detailed that Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is among the most powerful tools wielded by U.S. spy agencies. According to the article, information collected by it contributes to more than half o

the story was provided by the Wall Street Journal (02/15, Timms, Ramey, Fanelli), CBS News (02/15, Quinn, Kaufman, et al.), Politico (02/15, Cheney, Gerstein), two articles from The Guardian (02/15, Luscombe, Wafters), NBC News (02/15, Doyle, Alexander, Gile), New York Times (02/15, Fausset, Hakim), Wash

Tool After GOP Mutiny Threats Fox News (02/15, Elkind) reported that Speaker Mike Johnson had to postpone a House vote on renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) after a group of GOP lawmakers, led by members of the House Intelligence Committee, threatened to derail the legislation over concerns with a

The Atlantic (05/20, Graham), The Hill (05/20, Beitsch, Schonfeld) (2), the New York Times (05/20, Tully, Ferre-Sadurni, Aleaziz), Politico (05/20, Gerstein, Rivard), the Washington Examiner (05/20, Green), the Washington Post (05/20, Stein, Roebuck, Goodwin), the Washington Times (05/20, Dinan), and Ti

) reported that Director Patel has scrapped the FBI's office of internal auditing, a unit set up to monitor compliance with surveillance rules under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The office was established in 2020 by William Barr to uncover misuses of FISA's section 702, which allows for the electronic tracking of fo

ents to [special counsel Robert] Mueller's team or to the grand juries it used." The CNN (11/30, Polantz, 83.16M) website, Politico (11/30, Cheney, Gerstein, 4.29M), The Hill (11/30, Neidig, 2.98M), the New York Post (11/30, Nelson, 4.57M), and Courthouse News (11/30, Mineiro, 2K) provide similar coverag

nd increase Federal Trade Commission enforcement activity." Additionally, the "legal issues involved include U.S. surveillance under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" and other directives. The next administration "opens the door to potential reconsideration of, or modifications to," some of these, "which could p

llions of Americans' telephone records violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and may well have been unconstitutional." Politico (9/2, Gerstein, 4.29M) reports the NSA program that "swept up details on billions of Americans' phone calls was illegal and possibly unconstitutional, a federal ap

of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit "said the warrantless telephone dragnet that secretly collected millions of Americans' telephone records violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and may well have been unconstitutional." Politico (9/2, Gerstein, 4.29M) reports the NSA program that "swept up details on billions of Americans'