It is important to note that there is a wide range of non-compliance. I did threads on it at the time, only 4 of the 209 errors found were deemed material. IIRC all in the @CarterWPage FISA. Others were simple errors or lazy habit.
I recall many of those non-compliant Woods references were for doing things such as putting the name & reference to the confirming fact like a footnote in a paper. But not printing the original document and adding it to the Woods File.
This gives a better summary of the errors & ommisions in the 29 FISA's reviewed by OIG.
None of the 209 'errors' was deemed to be material in determining probable cause with a FISA warrant.
Unlike the 'errors' in the Carter Page FISA.
There were another 209 'errors' where OIG felt the officers should have provided more supporting evidence in the Woods File.
I recall in the Page FISA, agents quoted the Buryakov guilty plea. They listed it as a reference for the fact in the Woods File but did not add the doc.
Leading to issues like the Affiant in the Carter Page FISA not getting to read a copy of Chris Steele's CHS file & not knowing he was far less reliable than the agent & thus the court were told.
Then FBI Counsel Dana Boente ordered all FBI field offices to account for their Woods Files in March 2020. Recreate any that were missing & fix any inadequate sourcing for all factual ommissions from the files.
In addition to the 4 missing out of 29, FBI found another 179 that were at least partially missing out of 7000 FISA apps.
But FBI's reporting was less than clear & OIG can't tell how many were completely missing & how many just had some missing information...
Some of this was reportedly caused by agents using 1 Woods File for the original app & the renewals. With agents removing source documents from the file for statements that were removed from the renewal applications.
As FBI had no retention policy for Woods Files, they would often be misplaced when the officer involved transfered to another office or destroyed when the case was closed.
Many of these problems have been fixed or at least improved since the 2019 FISA accuracy report by OIG.
Instead of having some HQ person who never saw the Woods File sign off on it, now the Field Office must sign off on it.
AG Barr authorized the creation of an audit division o review FISA & FISC compliance.
But OIG feels that culture at DOJ's National Security Division & FBI was way too loose to be fixed easily. That many may continue the lazy noncompliant approach in spite of new policies...
Several pages outlining simple reality. "That which is measured improves" but Woods compliance had never been measured.
Instead a an impossible standard was put on paper (time management & pencil pushing) but with not auditing always made it a low priority with low compliance.
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For those who don't understand the law in this case, Congress has authorized the Attorney General to specially appoint lawyers & conduct legal proceedings at the same level as US Attorneys without confirmation. It's specifically authorized.
While Canon ignores Section 515, it specifically authorizes AGs to appoint special attorneys to prosecute criminal cases & run grand juries same as a US Attorney can.
She claims the law does not authorize the AG to appoint a special counsel with the authority of a US Attorney.
Julian Assange flying to the North Marianas to plead guilty to espionage.
Gets a 62 month prison sentence, but will be released with time served for his 5 years in British prison.
The choice of the Northern Marianas Islands is unusual.
That US territory is a hub for Chinese money laundering to the US & to US politicians. Wonder if he will testify to a US grand jury while he is there? Or has he already done so by Zoom?
The Chinese have been buying off Swampy politicians on Pacific islands that are US territories to infiltrate them to get into the US financial system.
The Northern Marianas, the Solomons, & many others...
Beny Steinmetz connects to so much corruption around the world!
Steinmetz was arrested 3 years ago shortlay after FBI seized Hunter & Rudy's electronic devices including communications with his lawyer former FBI Director Louis Freeh.
#ButNothingsHappening
On behalf of Steinmetz & other clients, Freeh tried to gain access to Trump & Biden through Guiliani & Hunter. Freeh marked all his emails as Attorney Client privileged in an effort to protect them. DOJ needed filter teams or a special master to read them.
Exclusive: The case of the Michael Cohen condo just got a whole lot more interesting!
I found an online report on the resident. It isn't an embassy or a diplomat.
It appears to be a couple who are financial reporters for CNBC & Bloomberg?
It was well publicized that Michael Cohen's condo at 111 Murray Street is 19West or 19W.
A condo that he rented on 11/27/18 prior to pleading guilty in SDNY on 11/29/18.
The website identifies as a resident of 19W Sara A Eisen, 39 formerly of Cincinatti, OH.
It appears to be Sara A. Eisen the co-host of CNBC's Squakbox. One of her associates listed on the website is her husband Matthew Levine. usphonebook.com/address/111-mu…
The majority of Daszak's funds came from DOD, but the previous investigations focused on Daszak taking money from NIH that prohibited him from conducting GoF work.
Work he did in Wuhan anyway & concealed it from NIH.
Daszak claimed he 'accidentally' conducted GoF work in Wuhan in 2018-2019. But he concealed this from NIH until 2021 even though his grants required immediate reporting of 'accidental' GoF results.
US sanctions Russian Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Beloglazov, the owner of the financial firm Titul for colluding with Putin's Oligarch Oleg Deripaska to sell his shares in an Austrian construction firm!
Shares frozen by sanctions...
#ButNothingsHappening