FBI Director Christopher A. Wray promised to make changes, mostly involving additional training and layers of fact-checking by agents, to prevent such missteps from happening. Agents were investigating Page to see whether any Trump advisers conspired with Russia to interfere in the 2016 election. ADWhile much of the discussion before the FISA court is about the arcana of bureaucratic procedures and surveillance law, it has also generated a political debate about how the government uses its surveillance powers in cases involving politicians. David Kris, a highly controversial former DOJ official, was just appointed by the FISA Court to oversee reforms to the FBI’s surveillance procedures. AD“Historically, the FBI has not always worked cooperatively with DOJ, especially in foreign intelligence and national security matters,” Kris wrote.

Source: Washington Post January 15, 2020 21:56 UTC