Close-up of the seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the wall of J. Edgar Hoover FBI ... [+] Building, Washington, D.C., January 21, 2017. Chief critics: Congressional Republicans seized on the inspector general report’s findings to criticize the FBI and the FISA process, despite supporting such measures before in the name of national security. “Congress must radically reform the FISA process to increase accountability, and to ensure that there is a meaningful opportunity to challenge the government’s allegations in FISA applications. We can’t trust the secret intelligence court alone to police this process." Tangent: Former FBI Director James Comey admitted in an interview on Fox News Sunday to “real sloppiness” in the agency’s handling of the Page applications.

Source: Forbes December 17, 2019 21:33 UTC