The FBI improperly conducted warrantless searches for information about a U.S. senator and two state officials, a U.S. intelligence agency revealed on Friday, as lawmakers are weighing whether to renew the surveillance power that makes such searches possible.
FBI headquarters building is seen in Washington, U.S., December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
, as lawmakers are weighing whether to renew the surveillance power that makes such searches possible.The disclosure by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence followedreauthorizing the use of Section 702 - the part of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that allows the FBI to scour the vast troves of intelligence data for information that might be useful for its own investigations.
The order said that while the Federal Bureau of Investigation analyst who sought the two lawmakers' data had information that they were being pursued by an unidentified foreign intelligence service, the search was still improper. It is not clear why the FBI sought to put the judge - who had complained to the bureau about alleged civil rights violations perpetrated by an unnamed police chief - under surveillance.
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