You don’t say... A Justice Department audit has found widespread problems with the FBI's use of secret surveillance warrants politi.co/3dKC2E8
The finding by Inspector General Michael Horowitz came after an EARLIER inquiry found numerous errors in applications for surveillance for a Trump campaign adviser.
The finding of broader failings in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act program came in a review launched by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz after an earlier inquiry found numerous errors in applications for surveillance on @carterwpage .
In a bid to assess whether the faults in the Page’s surveillance process were an aberration or a chronic problem, Horowitz’s audit team zeroed in on 29 applications for surveillance on U.S. citizens or green-card holders over a five year period...
and whether the so-called “Woods procedures” for justifying an application were properly followed.
“We do not have confidence that the FBI has executed its Woods Procedures in compliance with FBI policy, or that the process is working as it was intended to help achieve the ‘scrupulously accurate’ standard for FISA applications,” the IG wrote in an advisory to Chris Wray.
One key flaw the inspector general found in renewals of the application to surveil Page was that the court was not advised in renewal applications of indications of problems with information from a key source.
The new advisory from Horowitz signaled issues about recordkeeping regarding such sources.
“Although there are specific requirements related to FISA applications that utilize [confidential human source] reporting, we have observed that these requirements are not being consistently followed,” Horowitz wrote.
