If there’s one thing the Federal Bureau of Investigation does well, it’s mass surveillance. Several years ago, then attorney general William Barr established an internal office to curb the FBI’s abuse of one controversial surveillance law. But recently, the FBI’s long-time hater (and, ironically, current director) Kash Patel shut down the watchdog group with no […]
Court Says Feds Must Obtain Warrant to Search FISA Spy Databases
One of the government’s most controversial warrantless spying practices does, in fact, require a warrant, according to a new federal court ruling. The decision, issued Tuesday night by the eastern district of New York Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall, comes in the case of Agron Hasbajrami, a U.S. resident who was arrested in 2011 and initially […]