An FBI audit found the agency had “insufficient justification” for two FISA searches relating to “January 6th Capitol Violence.”
The FBI’s Office of Internal Auditing (OIA) released a routine audit evaluating its compliance with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
The FBI audit analyzed audits of both FISA and Section 702 data. Section 702 is a law that allows intelligence agencies to collect communications of targeted foreigners. It also may lead to targeted surveillance of Americans’ private communications, which privacy advocates consider a run around the Fourth Amendment’s requirement for a warrant to search Americans’ communications.
Even if the compliance rate were 100%, the government should not be able to access Americans’ communications without a warrant. But with a baseline of 8,000 violations per year, there can be no question that a warrant is needed to protect Americans’ fundamental rights. 11/11
— Elizabeth Goitein (@LizaGoitein) May 11, 2023
