"As we use that term"
We know McCabe had transcript. Likely came through FBI channels.
Worth noting that NSA Dir Rogers & Presiding FISC Judge Collyer worked for months - and still could not identify all the channels of access into NSA data.
We know McCabe had transcript. Likely came through FBI channels.
Worth noting that NSA Dir Rogers & Presiding FISC Judge Collyer worked for months - and still could not identify all the channels of access into NSA data.
From April 26, 2017 unsealed FISA Court Ruling:
"The government still had not ascertained the full range of systems that might have been used to conduct improper U.S.-person queries."
"The government still had not ascertained the full range of systems that might have been used to conduct improper U.S.-person queries."
"On March 17, 2017, the government reported that NSA was still attempting to identify all systems that store upstream data and all tools used to query such data"
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"The government has not explained why giving [Redacted] personnel access to the raw information during installation of the tool would not involve a separate violation of the FBI Minimization Procedures."
"The Court is nonetheless concerned about the FBI’s apparent disregard of minimization rules and whether the FBI may be engaging in similar disclosures of raw Section 702 information that have not been reported."
The FISA Court made clear in their April 2017 Ruling that the FBI – not the NSA – was the primary culprit in misusing raw FISA data and violating procedures supposedly safeguarding that data.
Time and again, the Court Ruling singled out the FBI for targeted reprimand.
Time and again, the Court Ruling singled out the FBI for targeted reprimand.
