The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday sided with the FBI by a 9-0 vote in a case involving the state secrets privilege where three Muslim men alleged the federal government unlawfully surveilled them.
The case deals with the interaction between Section 1806(f) of the Foreign Intelligence Act of 1978 (FISA) and state secrets privilege.
The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) is set to hear several major cases during its 2021-2022 term, which began on Monday.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case on the controversial 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) for the first time.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) sent a letter Wednesday to the Justice Department and intelligence community asking that documents be handed over to Congress on any information tying Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, to Chinese government-connected foreign nationals he did business with.
The records include an email from Strzok to other FBI officials about Trump’s tweets regarding them spying on him, as well as their interaction with other media outlets, including CNN.
The source told the FBI that Christopher Steele’s report on Trump’s “unorthodox sexual activity” at a hotel in Russia was mere “rumor and speculation.”
U.K. Court documents released on Wednesday reveal that as early as July 5th, 2016, the FBI was aware that former MI6 agent Christopher Steele had acknowledged that then-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton personally knew that he was commissioned to compile the now thoroughly discredited Trump-Russia dossier.
FBI Director Christopher Wray stated that current FBI employees involved in FISA abuse have been referred for discipline by him and that the most senior people involved in the abuse “are long gone.”
One of the major concerns for some associated with the coronavirus pandemic is what legal liabilities businesses may face in the future. Given that possibility, in Congress and state legislatures around the country are moving to shore up protections for business. During an interview with Huntsville, AL radio’s WVNN, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) warned liability protections could come with strings attached.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday authorized Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) to issue subpoenas related to Crossfire Hurricane.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) withdrew a bill from consideration on the House floor on Thursday after conservatives and progressives rebelled.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) delayed a vote on Wednesday to reauthorize parts of the FISA program after a revolt from conservatives and progressive Democrats.
President Donald Trump signaled his opposition to the bill reauthorizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as proposed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Graham announced his committee will debate and vote on authorizing subpoenas of former Obama administration officials.
James Clapper’s video and audio connection with CNN died during a Thursday segment on CNN after he was asked about leaks of classified information to news media.
The Senate voted against an amendment on Wednesday sponsored by Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) that would curb law enforcement agencies’ ability to obtain web browsing and Internet search data without a warrant.
Rep. John Ratcliffe’s (R-TX) nomination to become the next Director of National Intelligence (DNI) earned high praise due to his experience in national security and intelligence and his commitment to public service.
The internal watchdog at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) this week suggested that the FBI may have obtained approval for secret surveillance using inaccurate or even nonexistent documentation to support factual assertions made to judges when seeking a warrant.
Top officials from the Obama-era U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) privately told Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller that they were concerned about the FBI’s conduct in investigating President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn.
FISA reforms are meaningless without prosecutions of intelligence officials who surveiled Trump’s 2016 campaign, said Rep. Warren Davidson.
Obama’s national security leaders came out this week right before Super Tuesday to announce their support for former colleague Joe Biden.
At CPAC, Doug Collins noted the “swamp” failed to stop U.S. President Donald Trump’s supporters from electing him to office. nor were they able to remove him from office.
Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) on Friday vowed to hold people “accountable” for spying on the Trump campaign in 2016, saying GOP lawmakers will do everything in their power to provide the U.S. Department of Justice with the evidence needed to convict anyone responsible.
Thursday during an appearance on Fox News Channel, Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), formerly the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, emphasized the threats of not putting into place FISA reforms, which is being held up by congressional Democrats. The
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) said on Thursday during the CPAC conference that Congress should be ashamed if they reauthorized FISA without significant reform.
Democrats are claiming Republican senators investigating the Ukraine-linked activities of White House hopeful Joe Biden and his son Hunter are doing so to help President Donald Trump’s re-election chances in November.
Fired FBI Director James Comey lashed out at President Donald Trump in a Monday opinion-editorial, referring to him as a “shrunken, withered figure.”
The FISC did not order the FBI to recheck FISA applications involving other officials who made omissions and errors.
U.S. Navy veteran and former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page told Breitbart News on Tuesday that Schiff has not apologized to him yet.
The scandal surrounding the FBI requesting a surveillance warrant from the FISA court to spy on Trump presidential campaign aide Carter Page based on uncorroborated information and ommissions may be far from over.
The FISA court “should be eliminated,” recommended Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) in a Thursday interview with Breitbart News.
Democrats and the left corrupt American tradition and institutions in their campaign against President Donald Trump, said Peter Schweizer.
The Senate has held two hearings on the release of a DOJ IG report detailing FBI misconduct, but the House has yet to hold one.
Rep. Deivn Nunes said that he warned the FISC twice last year of FBI FISA abuse but that the court did “absolutely nothing” about it.
The FISC said in an order the FBI’s handling of the warrant applications was “antithetical” to its “heightened duty of candor.”
The fraudulent House impeachment effort has matters exactly backward. President Trump didn’t commit high crimes, he is a crime victim. If anyone should be put on trial in the Senate, it is Rep. Adam Schiff.
During an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” former Rep. Trey Gowdy hammered former FBI Director James Comey for his remarks in an interview earlier regarding wrongdoing in the handling of the FISA process.
On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) reacted to Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report on the launch of the FBI’s Russia probe.
On this week’s broadcast of “Fox News Sunday,” former FBI Director James Comey said that the Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report on the launch of the FBI’s Russia probe’s use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was unacceptable.
