The Department of Justice Inspector General admitted the FBI had conducted 3.4 million warrantless backdoor searches, and a million were in error. During the ‘Fixing FISA’ hearing this week, Mr. Gaetz interviewed Mr. Horowitz about the continuing shortcomings of FISA. Mr. Horowitz couldn’t give a good answer.
Under FISA Section 702, intel agencies have the authority to conduct targeted surveillance on non-US individuals outside the country. However, agents are misusing their power. A stunning 3.4 million searches of Americans took place in 2021 without warrants.
“I want to get into the 3.4 million backdoor searches that the ranking member pointed out in his opening statement. Mr. Inspector General. How should the public think about those?” asked Gaetz.
“Well, I think what we’ve seen in the various public reports, and I’m limited in what I can say about what’s public, which I think is one of the issues, by the way, that’s worth talking about, is transparency here,” said General Michael Horowitz.
“Um, it’s obviously very concerning that there’s that volume of searches and particularly concerning the error rate that was reported on in the last two years in the public reporting,” said Horwitz.
The error rate is 30% or over 1,000,000 searches.
More than 10,000 government workers can conduct backdoor surveillance on Americans.
Some Republicans have objected to reauthorizing FISA, but not enough. It operates outside the Constitution.
Earlier this year, Mr. Gaetz talked about abolishing agencies that don’t come “to heel.”
BREAKING: DOJ Inspector General ADMITS that the FBI has done 3.4 million warrantless “backdoor searches!”
Over a MILLION of which were in error. pic.twitter.com/t9VcVp4iYx
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) April 27, 2023
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Wait just a damn minute! FISA is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the secret unaccountable FISA Court was never supposed to issue spy warrants against US citizens. And if a US citizen was involved in a foreign national they were spying on those doing the surveillance were supposed to turn their information over to the FBI if they felt the US citizen was involved in criminal or terrorist activities. But of course Obama and his goons threw all that out when they started getting FISA warrants to illegally surveil Donald Trump and his associates by presenting false documents to the idiot judge. And nobody is going to be prosecuted for this atrocity, they’re only going to hound President Trump, his supporters and patriots in general.
FISA was a bad idea from the beginning. No Free Nation should have Secret Courts. The Real Problem is that the whole Bill of Rights is under Assault.
The 1st and 2nd Amendments are under a total Assault by Government.
The 4th Amendment is under Assault. No Federal Agency should be allowed to get a Warrant without the Approval of a Local County Judge, and someone from the County Sheriffs Office should be there to observe. I would also suggest the County DA’s office also have an observer in order to protect people’s rights. Next, when someone is Arrested for a Felony, they should automatically be assigned an Attorney paid for by the Agency Arresting them. The Government simply has too many Resources available for the average person to get a fair trial and we have seen how a Tyrannical Government can use the Justice System to railroad and bankrupt political targets. No knock warrants should be Illegal. No Knock warrants or just to coverup Poor Police Work. Police should have an air tight case before getting a warrant. Police shouldn’t have to bust down doors in the “Hope” to get Evidence. And if they serve a Warrant at the wrong house, someone in the police Department needs to go to Jail for lying to the Court. Their are just too many unprofessional Police in America and too many Lenient DA’s and Courts when it comes to Career Criminals. Finally, the right to protect Yourself, Your Family, Your Property, and Your Business, with deadly Force should be undisputed. That is a God Given Right that should never be infringed upon by Government!
The 5th Amendment is under Assault. DA’s are given too much power in a Grand Jury. A Public Defender appointed by a Judge should be part of the Grand Jury Process to plead the otherside. Before a Warrant for arrest is issued, A Judge should review the evidence presented to a Grand Jury. In addition, if tried by one court, another court can not try someone for the Same or Included Crime. In other words, if you are tried by the County or State for Assault, the Federal Government can’t try you for a Civil Rights Violation stemming from the same incident. Government should not be allowed do-overs!
The 6th Amendment is under Assault. When Arrested, a Bail Hearing should be held within 72 Hours. Our present two-tiered Justice system lets Career Criminal back on the Street and puts Citizens in Good Standing in Gulags. A Public Trial MUST BE held within 120 Days.
The 8th Amendment is under Assault. Bail should not exceed 10% of an individual’s income unless the DA can prove the individual is a Flight Risk, or will commit another Crime. A sentence for a Crime must be approved by 3/4 of the Jury who convicted the Person, unless the defendant has already been convicted of 3 previous individual felonies from separate crimes, i.e. a Career Criminal. In the case of Career Criminals, the maximum penalty must be awarded after the Third Conviction.
1 million in “error”…Gimme a break, no agency could be that stupid. There is more to this than ‘meets the eye’…or are they really that stupid. Either way it is a sad revelation of their ‘intelligence’…
Danger Joe!!! Danger!!! The truth is coming out!!! What are we going to do?
Joe? Joe? are you awake Joe? There is DANGER Joe!