New FISA judge makes it clear: Top FBI officials misled court on Trump investigation

New FISA judge makes it clear: Top FBI officials misled court on Trump investigation

by WorldTribune Staff, March 11, 2020 Though Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz said the FBI’s applications to obtain warrants to spy on the 2016 Trump campaign were riddled with errors, FBI and DOJ officials insisted they were merely unintentional process errors, not efforts to deceive FISA judges. In a recent order that has […]

‘Shocking and inexplicable’: Spy court appoints partisan Obama official to head FBI reforms

‘Shocking and inexplicable’: Spy court appoints partisan Obama official to head FBI reforms

by WorldTribune Staff, January 12, 2020 The former Department of Justice official selected to oversee FBI reforms in the wake of the FISA scandal was a defender of the FBI’s spying on Trump campaign associate Carter Page. David S. Kris was named to review the FBI’s handling of the Page surveillance warrants and to “assist” […]

FISA court, silent before release of Horowitz report, judges FBI

FISA court, silent before release of Horowitz report, judges FBI

by WorldTribune Staff, December 18, 2019 The FBI was rebuked by the chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) on Tuesday for its misleading application to surveil Trump 2016 campaign adviser Carter Page. The rare order, which was issued by Judge Rosemary M. Collyer, came a week after Department of Justice Inspector General […]