\nby Anonymous Attorney and Journalist Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog<\/a>), emphasis ours<\/p>\n
This week, Presiding Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) Judge Rosemary Collyer, released two stern Orders taking the FBI to task for its repeated failures, omissions, and misrepresentations in its application and subsequent renewals to surveil Carter Page.<\/p>\n
And while\u00a0one<\/em>\u00a0FBI employee has received a criminal referral for doctoring evidence in the scheme to defraud the court,\u00a0key players with oversight responsibilities – under penalty of perjury – have been given a pass.<\/strong><\/p>\n Judge Collyer\u2019s December 17, 2019 Order, written after the publication of Inspector General Michael Horowitz\u2019s long-awaited report on FISA abuse, emphasized the role the FBI plays when it makes its assessment on whether probable cause exists to a warrant. In particular, FISC requires the FBI agent swearing to the application fully and accurately provide \u201cinformation in its possession that is material to whether probable cause exists.\u201d<\/p>\n FISC Judge Collyer responds to the IG Report. <\/p>\n Court orders remedial measures. <\/p>\n There is also a December 5 FISC Order – currently pending classification review – discussing the court's "concerns"<\/p>\n No mention of individual accountability. <\/p>\n Full memo:https:\/\/t.co\/aOeoJoKljk<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/t4E7LWYDEO<\/a><\/p>\n — Techno Fog (@Techno_Fog) December 17, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/1122-james-comey.jpg?itok=s6AawmMZ)
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