Once again the FBI is outlined by the FISA court using the NSA database for warrantless searches of American citizen information. This is the fourth consecutive year the FISA court has outlined abuse of the NSA database by FBI workers, contractors and officials.
The latest 67 page FISA compliance review for the year 2020 was written by FISA Court Presiding Judge James Boasberg (same judge from Clinesmith trial). The opinion was written in November 2020 and declassified (with lots of redactions) today. [pdf version HERE] – [SCRIBD pdf HERE and Below]
I’m still going through the report; however, understanding the issues in current politics, TechnoFog has a well written succinct encapsulation of the top-line issues [READ HERE] which includes:
[…] April 2019 – July 2019: An FBI technical information specialist was involved in “Compliance incidents” by conducting 124 queries of Section 702-acquired information on (1) Volunteers who had requested to participate in the FBI’s “Citizens Academy”; (2) Persons who needed to enter the field office to perform repairs; and (3) Persons who reported they were victims of a crime.
[…] In other words, the FBI is using FISA acquired information to investigate domestic crimes – not matters of foreign intelligence. These included investigations of “health-care fraud, transnational organized crime, violent gangs, domestic terrorism involving racially motivated violent extremists, as well as investigations relating to public corruption and bribery.”
[…] “Public corruption and bribery.” I highlight that last part because it means the FBI continued to improperly use FISA-acquired information to spy on government officials. (read more)
According to the Basberg report seven FBI field offices were implicated in “these and a number of similar violations.” In other words, institutionally the FBI continues to perform warrantless searches of the NSA database that collects electronic information on every single American. The FBI is exploiting a backdoor into this database using search queries that violate the fourth amendment.
The FBI is extracting this information for their own personal use; likely political use including surveillance and black files on politicians; and for routine criminal investigations that are supposed to require warrants.
Keep in mind this 2020 review and report encompasses a time-frame prior to October 2020, so we can only imagine how many times since the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest the FBI reached into this NSA database to assist them with their investigation of “domestic extremists”.
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I am not at all surprised by this. I would expect this to continue for as long as that database and the tools used to build it remain intact.
This database is far too useful to not use (and abuse) for all manner of activities legal or not.
Remember that the leftist activist Chief Justice Roberts is in charge of the FISA court.
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The database collects information that would require a warrant for a human to collect. Just because a machine collects the info. is a moot point. Get rid of the database and stop intruding on American’s privacy. Use probable cause to get a warrant and get rid of all of the spy gear. I still see what appear to be HD cameras and 3 other types of electrical devices being installed along the roads in my neck of the woods. Small flat panels, bell shaped devices and something that resembles casino cameras are continuously going up on poles, traffic lights etc.. This has accelerated during the past few years, making America into a GIANT surveillance state. The database and other spy gear are unconstitutional in regards to an American’s right to privacy.
Simply look at the drug problem in America. We have given LE everything they asked for such as dope dogs, property seizures laws, sophisticated spy gear to capture cell phone data, conversations in a building via lasing a window and on and on endlessly. The drug problem in my area has only gotten worse. I went to school with a guy that has sold dope out of his house for 50 years and never been busted for selling drugs. How is that even possible? Gun violence is it’s own separate subject. We are being used as rubes! They (and there is a whole lot of they) use crimes they purposefully allow to justify and expand their intrusion on their trek to trash the Constitution.
We have allowed this to happen and will only have ourselves to blame.
I don’t think a letter to the editor stopped the Gestapo.
Correct. It took Eisenhower rather more than that.
Registered, signature confirmation letters containing all FISA Court abuses, as documented by Sundance, to every member of the Supreme Court….except for crooked Roberts, might prove fruitless, but it’s worth a try.
They’ll, at least know, that we know!
An instance of the faithful mimicking the founder?
This would be akin to asking what came first. The chicken or the egg?
The National Socialist German Workers Party learned much from, and was also inspired in part by the Democratic Party in the decades leading up to WW2.
And the Nazis were clients of IBM. Computers, as rudimentary as they were at the time, made everyting so much easier. They are now way more sophisticated than punch cards.
Just keep this quote in mind when it comes to multinationals, i.e. globalists.
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains.
Thomas Jefferson
Have seen that quote before. Jefferson was keenly aware of the elements involved then and even more blatantly today. Speaking truth will get you smeared and canceled
True.
Those terms are acceptable, for the sake of speaking and knowing truth.
Big corporations,businessmen have no loyalty to the country.
What exactly is a globalist?
Goebbels said he learned a lot from Woodrow Wilson
Wilson was the “father” of the present globalist crap…
Even deeper and probably had more parties then just one with Peter and Lisa before being outed.
Have any FISA warrants been issued for the Fan Belt Inspectors to investigate John Kerry with proof of him working directly with the enemy of this country ?
Apparently, the warrants are not needed. Just go get the information. Yeah, a Judge may write a scathing finger wagging report but nothing will happen.
Where are the prosecutions?
….hanging out with Anthony Weiner’s laptop.
The criminal fbi “agents” who lied and falsified documents to frame Geeneral Flynn have not been arrested… They haven’t even been fired by “director” wray…
Which is on the same guarded shelf along with Seth’s, Hunter’s, Wiener’s, and Hilary’s.
And Hunter Biden’s crackpipe
Waste of pixels.
No prosecutions will happen. An indignant memo to staff perhaps happens.
Just another stocking stuffer.
They own the Institutions.
These people are sick.
Deluded and mired in evil.
To be ‘mired in evil’ describes these people as only entangled in evil—as somehow detached from the evil they actually purvey.
Rather, they are evil themselves—that is, immoral, wicked, in character. Thus, the evil they produce is inevitable.
Subversion, clandestine, deception, weaponization, are the tools of their trade. And, so, here we are.
Evil forces us to reach deep inside for inner strength so as to shine the light of truth upon it. Truth is the ultimate cleansing agent and it’s what we have as our weapon to prevail!
Same story in the circle back culture, and the same question, what is going to be done about it?
I am shocked there is gambling going on in here! Your winnings sir, Oh!, thank you very much…
Ah Paris, I remember it well, you wore blue, the Germans wore gray.
Play it again Sam……
check your cell phone battery. if you got a new one, to bad you can use this well.
if it drains faster than normally done – you are tracked.
….and FISA keeps chugging along.
FLASHBACK:
In a 2013 interview, California Rep. Maxine Waters revealed that Obama possessed a “kind of database that no-one has ever seen before,” with “information about everything, on every individual.”
“The President has put in place an ORGANIZATION with the kind of DATABASE that no one has ever seen before in life,” Rep. Maxine Waters told Roland Martin.
“That’s going to be very, very POWERFUL,” Waters said. “That database will have INFORMATION about EVERYTHING ON EVERY INDIVIDUAL on ways that it’s never been done before and whoever runs for President on the DEMOCRATIC ticket has to deal with that. They’re going to go down with that database and the concerns of those people because they can’t get around it. And he’s been very smart. It’s very POWERFUL what he’s leaving in place.”
What did the opposition party do? FAST FORWARD:
In an interview Wednesday with Salem Radio host Hugh Hewitt, Sen.James Lankford (R-OK) discussed the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation into “Obamagate” and President Obama’s level of involvement.
“We do know at this point that [Obama] was engaged in it,” Lankford said Wednesday. “He was informed about it, and then what his instructions were to his team and what he was kind of giving a wink and a nod to Comey to be able to carry out is unknown at this point. We do know that Comey in the earliest days of the Trump administration was discussing some way to be able to entrap the President.”
“That is going to be something we’re going to dig into, and Judiciary Committee will actually take the lead on that.”
Yep, they dug right into sitting on their hands.
the bigger question.
what systems are they using that keeps their info out of this database?
elon provides cyrstal cell phones.. we are familiar with irridium, but the secret is to kill a bunch of middle easterneers or africans as u seek the rarest mineral.
that rare mineral can be used to create the private communication line.
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we have to accept this spy system will never stop because it is what helps them STEAL (the elecitons, the tax dollars, the whistleblowers, the competitition)
Think bigger. Information, especially inside info, is power. Markets of all kinds. Stocks, metals, other commodities and the most profitable of all, blackmail.
Frontrunning, collusion, and manipulation on a scale unimaginable. Not millions, not billions, but collectively trillions.
good point – sparked a thought.
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could it be just the government people – associated with Intel – are effectively conspiring against all countries?
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example – US Intel and Italy Intel and Uk Intel – conspire against US , Italy, and UK to overthrow them place their pawns in place and create a global elite?
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are we on to something?
summary : Did the international corporations seize the Intel Agencies as their “lobbying point” versus going through the old route with contacts congress? And then use this new alliance to replace politicians with puppets that then replace regulators with puppets.
I wouldn’t put it past them White. And any mention of this is deemed “crazy” talk. Conspiracy….unlike Russia Collusion talk, that was real, even though it wasn’t.
Once upon a time, the FBI fought organized Crime.
Now the FBI is organized crime.
Once upon a time, the FBI fraught terrorism. OK not very much, but a little bit, once in a while.
Now the FBI is terrorism.
The largest tax payer funded organized crime entity in the world.
Even the Mafia had a “code of conduct”… but not our “fbi”…
Why is it that ONE individual gets to pass judgment on a documented abuse of a civil rights bypass tool designed for use on FOREIGNERS?
Seems this kind of thing is perfectly suited for direct address by the LEGISLATURE it must answer to.
Why doesn’t Nunes or Cruz or Paul author a bill to disable the tool in light of documented abuses by the tool’s owners? Force a vote in which our congress accepts misuse of such a tool.
Now you have hit on one of the reasons why the legislature allows the bureaucracies to exist.
A combination of obfuscation and passing the buck.
It also allows for a measure of separation for plausible denialability among other reasons.
Collyer was smart to get out when she did….
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/12/17/fisc-presiding-judge-rosemary-collyer-blasts-fbi-in-response-to-evidence-of-fisa-fraud-likely-more-unreliable-applications/#more-178847
https://www.fisc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/MIsc%2019%2002%20191217.pdf
To those of us who’ve followed the FISC chicanery, this is nothing new.
you seem to helping me see 1 common theme.
the FISC dont seem to be a part of it, and are simply noting its being abused, yet no one stops it. The FISC has no enforcement. The Supreme Court has no enforcement. Everthing comes down to if Person A said PUT THIS NEEDLE IN YOU will People B do it or say no.
there is no forcing. its all implied power.
I’ve always thought the FiSC court was in on it. They didn’t even follow their own rules as to new evidence required for renewal.
they accepted new news articles as additional evidence .. which i thought was odd, and somehow we were convinced thts the low standard of the FISC
Nobody is going to fix this but us. If there’s any of what Hannity calls “the good guys” from the 3-letter dumps reading this, it would behoove you to understand that you’re either with us or you’re against us.
i think an audit – will give the first window for the good guys to speak up. thy saw PDJT get put away like a play toy. and PDJT has zero power if he can’t WORK US UP INTO A RAGE.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountaineer_Militia
with all this spying. why couldnt they catch the ATT bomber?
its becuase the spying database is ABSOLUTELY WORTHLESS if you dont ALREADY HAVE A TARGET.
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meaning this database only has use to control its on “dissidents”. Hope that is clear. And its been WORKING since 2012.
Never thought of that but you are correct. SOBs.
to many dots making a line now. all their focus is on their personal power (the people usurping our agencies and congress)
lindsey graham and rubio and paul ryan dont hate us. – they just saw what was going on , and figured its better “to join it than get ran over by it”
intel spying collaboration by people from all countries – creating their own powergrab of ‘every single country on earth’ – it only works in comfortable nations – but fails in nations like China and Russia – so they pick their team. They chose china to aid them.
So, the remedy is?
Were these abilities, the FISC, FISA, DOJ agencies or their cross-departmental working groups, etc., etc. all an outgrowth from the Patriot Act?
Is this then the avenue to undo that vehicle, have some of these victims who were illegally warrantlessly searched, join in some sort of class action John/Jane Doe lawsuit to get that law and all its tentacles declared unconstitutional?
I know, rhetorical question, but if something is to be done about this other than allowing citizens to be further labeled by these political weaponizers without resorting to violence, is this perhaps why that new group of lawyers was formed by Stephen Miller and his group?
p.s. Thank you for the links. Lots to digest.
There have been plenty of high road groups grinding away for, well, coming up on two decades dealing with the Patriot Act stuff and gross overreaches of government. Judicial Watch is one that comes to mind. I guess if we were all immortal and untouchable it might be worth waiting for the supply truck to arrive on the high road.
Unfortunately we’re mortal and very few of us are completely untouched by the chicanery going on at all levels of government, just more markedly and in our face than I remember in prior decades. It’s always been there, at least during my span of seven decades of mortality. Now is whoa, don’t want to really consider the reality of it.
Those humans aren’t going away until they’re dead. Sundance often brings past ones up, ones now long gone from active jobs in government but still lurking in the shadows. As long as they breathe they carry the message and are protected and well-funded to boot. They’re not going to stop. Anyone here see signs of moderation or ‘getting along’? Not me, it’s more ‘my way or the highway to the undertaker’ and ‘respect muh authoritah!’.
Accept the real and move forward. Pumping more cash into the corrupt legal system isn’t something I’d do but perhaps justice can be purchased for the right price, IDK. That’s all it is really, an auction for justice. Everything has a price. Freedom, life, you name it.
I thought Harry Reid declared the Ds had killed the Patriot Act. Remember how we fundraised off of that outrageous statement? Now we wish he had been successful.
Shocking, I tell ya
Unfortunately, every Government Agency is corroupt and weaponized against political opposition so there will be no Justice. There should be bill boards across every Red State in the USA that read, “Chris Wray and Bill Barr are the most infamous traitors in the history of the Republic.” If the signage is big enough you could list the reasons.
And both put there by DT. How is it we want more of that again in 2024? I’m for starting fresh. Just saying.
At what point does repeated FBI “abuse” of the FISA Court become standard FBI policy and procedures in violation of the 4th Amendment? I believe that point has been long passed! The FBI needs to be disbanded what started out as Fed LE to fight organized crime has degenerated/morphed into an organized crime outfit to destroy/harass/arrest Republicans, conservatives, Christians, patriots, white America Firsters using ginned up false charges in concert with Lawfare!
Anyone involved in the AZ election audit better not be using their phone or computers to discuss the preliminary findings. You know Obama’s bootlickers are searching conversations and emails.
I hope conservative and libertarian politicians at the federal state and local level are smart enough to know not to use the US Postal Service, their phones, and emails to discuss any topic that could be used against the Democrats. You know the Ministry For State Security is listening and reading your email/snail mail.
Reminds me of the movie Eurotrip (2004). A man deliberately and repeatedly violates boundaries, and just says “Mi Scusi.”
The 2024 Republican President will turn the Marshalls into an anti FBI/Intel office, and monitor, and corral all of them, and jail the crooks. Something needs to be done with these offices. Or civilians need to run their own agencies that monitor them, then use a private organization to press charges.
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Unfortunately, this is the new normal! Under the current regime, we can expect it to get much worse before it gets any better. We as a society are being programmed for total government control followed by communist governance. The CCP is the biggest threat we face as a nation. My question is what can we do to reverse what is currently taking place in this country today? How do we stop this madness ? I’m 100% MAGA! God help us all! ??????
But, but, but – is anyone in “power” willing to do anything about it.
Never mind – – stupid question.
Shocking!
Aaaaaand no one is nor will be held accountable in this life. Just sayin…
In this one instance, I will echo the words of Lebron James: “I am so desperate for more ACCOUNTABILITY.”
As long as people are not being prosecuted for violating the law, they will continue to break the law.
The FIB is totally, hopelessly corrupt? Say it ain’t so…
It’s to the point that this doesn’t matter anymore. Nothing will be done about it.
The eff bee eye is now the Stasi of KGB’s.
The only hope for doing away with the abuse of the NSA database is to elect a Congress that will actually dismantle the FBI’s use of it. Every year another report on the abuse, promises from the FBI that they will fix it, and nothing changes. If they abuse it for political purposes, what makes you think they wouldn’t abuse it for other purposes as well?
There are good patriotic Democrats. I knew and know several.
When visiting we don’t discuss politics.
The more this stuff comes out I believe we will continue to see the hemorrhage from the D party.
That can only be a good thing. ?!??
this doesnt come out, this is the only place talking about it
There are no surprises here and anyone paying the least bit of attention, has known for some time, ALL federal agencies are political weapons. What country is this??
expose all spying. it no longer is to keep terrorist from us, its to kill us
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.I will say this again:
There are more FEDERAL FELONS in D C, walking around free,
Than we have incarcerated in the whole federal penal system !
Absolute corruption within the FBI and DOJ.
Do a search for Who is in the black eye club and you will know has been compromised. … John Roberts… and many many more…
Also, the FBI:
1) Have a mentally unstable person bent on mass shooting reported to the authorities.
2) Monitor, radicalize and allow the mentally unstable person to arm themselves (provide arms and training as needed).
3) Need a false flag, trigger the mentally unstable person (expert tip: if mentally unstable person is uncooperative, just create the crime scene and leave the body there).
4) Blame, guns, the right, Patriots and remove rights accordingly.
WTH, as long as there are no consequences, there will be no change. The report is insulting. Is there nobidy that will take action? What good is a court that finds fraud yet refuses to address it except that it exists? It’s a poke in the eye to those who love the Constitution. Boasberg needs to be booted.
no one to boot him
obama gutted us. hillary was suppose to finish us. Trump stalled for us. Biden is in overdrive to get the plan back on track.
In other words, six ways from Sunday….
The FBI doing something illegal, say it isn’t so.
FBI still spying on Americans.
In other news…
Water is still wet.
FBI…Federal Bureau of Infiltration still at work for Hussein and Holder.
I have trained a dog to detect corrupt officials. I walked him to the FBI and he died of a massive heart attack.
If you read nothing else in this report, go to page 33 and read how the FISC defines “reasonable” in regards to the 4th amendment. It uses a floating scale that the higher the “government interests”(for the security of government” are, the more intrusive a 702 query against a US citizen can outweigh the rights of an individual citizen. That’s the “balance of totality” they use in interpreting the 4th Amendment.
So, anything deemed “national security” outweighs our individual 4th amendment right. Umm…….NO!
I don’t think that is what the intention of the 4th amendment means at all–it’s purpose is to protect an individual citizen against a government agency doing exactly what they are doing!
The next 10 pages or so after that also makes for very interesting reading too!
It (the FISA Court) blames “the COVID-19 pandemic for severely limiting governments ability to monitor FBI’s compliance.” (page 41) Yet they can still somehow approve of 1,000’s of queries and FISA applications?????
The court once again excuses “numerous ‘incidents’ involving US persons” in Crime Queries. (page 42)
So, the gist of this “matter” is– government interests outweigh our enumerated individual citizen’s rights as long as the “government’s” actions protect the “people as a whole” . I knew we had devolved to this, but it is still shocking to see our rights so boldly interpreted as secondary to the government’s malleable definition of/for “the greater good” of…..the people….umm…..the government.
But Bill Barr was going to stop this! (Sad emoji)
FTA:
“According to the Basberg report seven FBI field offices were implicated in “these and a number of similar violations.” In other words, institutionally the FBI continues to perform warrantless searches of the NSA database that collects electronic information on every single American. The FBI is exploiting a backdoor into this database using search queries that violate the fourth amendment.”
Anyone still buying the outright LIE that the FBI if full of good people, just a few bad apples at the top in DC, the field offices are full of honest agents.
If anyone still believes there are ANY good people at the FBI, reread that paragraph quoted above.
The FBI is nothing but criminals covering up for the left/communist/democrat party.
Long live the Uniparty and more Government!!!
*Sigh*
As long as FBI employees can illegally use this source, without the least fear of punishment, it will persist.