FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT

Articles and editorials

Court Orders F.B.I. To Fix National Security Wiretaps After Damning Report, S7085 [17DE]

FBI Violated Americans’ Privacy by Abusing Access to NSA Surveillance Data, Court Rules, H8323 [22OC]

FBI’s Use of Surveillance Database Violated Americans’ Privacy Rights, Court Found, H8323 [22OC]

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of Justice: provide for certain changes to the semiannual report on actions taken under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (see H.R. 4046), H7466 [25JY]

Extend and amend (see S. 2939), S6755 [21NO]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court: ensure politically funded information cannot be used as evidence to monitor a U.S. citizen (see H.R. 5488), H12210 [18DE]

Law enforcement: reform process to obtain surveillance warrants (see H.R. 5396), H10123 [11DE]

National Security Agency: repeal authority to access on an ongoing basis business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations (see S. 936), S2087 [28MR] (see H.R. 1942), H2914 [28MR]

Letters

Access to documents relative to congressional investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election: Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary (Senate), S2069 [28MR]

Remarks in House

Civil liberties: repeal authority to access on an ongoing basis business records for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations, H7770 [18SE]

Classified information: alleged misuse of warrants in investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H2910–H2912 [28MR], H3245–H3247 [10AP]

Dept. of Justice: appoint special counsel to investigate allegations of FISA court abuse relative to Carter Page and closure of case relative to Hillary Rodham Clinton emails, H3096 [4AP]

——— assessment of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election, H7698–H7700 [12SE], H9162 [21NO]

——— provide full access to certain documents relative to congressional investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election, H2590 [8MR], H2656 [12MR], H2722, H2737–H2739 [14MR], H2803 [26MR], H2890 [28MR], H2946 [2AP], H3434–H3437 [2MY], H3997 [20MY]

Privacy: limit warrantless searching of collections of communications for U.S. persons, H4718–H4720 [18JN]

Remarks in Senate

Barr, William P.: suitability to be Attorney General relative to views on surveillance authority and warrantless searching of collections of communications of U.S. persons, S254–S256 [16JA]

Classified information: alleged misuse of warrants in investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S6937–S6939 [10DE], S7017–S7019 [12DE]

Dept. of Justice: appoint special counsel to investigate allegations of FISA court abuse relative to Carter Page and closure of case relative to Hillary Rodham Clinton emails, S1884, S1885 [14MR], S1921 [25MR]

——— Inspector General report relative to investigation of origins of special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S7084 [17DE]

——— provide full access to certain documents relative to congressional investigations of prosecutorial and investigatory decisions in Dept. of Justice and FBI investigation of 2016 election, S2068, S2069 [28MR], S2289–S2291 [8AP], S2349 [10AP]