Former Assistant Secretary of State Robert Charles tells us that the FISA court has received 35,529 warrant requests over the years of its existence, from 1978 to 2013, and in that period only 12 were denied! One of the denials was in June of 2016, asking to spy on an individual associated with the Trump campaign. In October 2016 they reversed themselves and granted a warrant to spy on the Trump campaign. The three judges may all have been appointees of Bill Clinton!
What is probable cause before the FISA court? 1. You have to be targeting a foreign intelligence agent. 2. You have to be looking for either espionage or terrorism. 3. You have to think that a crime has been committed.
hat tip The Conservative Treehouse
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