Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Improper Obama-Era NSA And FBI Spying Detailed In Latest Declassification Of Memos

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The Hill: Newly declassified memos detail extent of improper Obama-era NSA spying

The National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation violated specific civil liberty protections during the Obama years by improperly searching and disseminating raw intelligence on Americans or failing to promptly delete unauthorized intercepts, according to newly declassified memos that provide some of the richest detail to date on the spy agencies’ ability to obey their own rules.

The memos reviewed by The Hill were publicly released on July 11 through Freedom of Information Act litigation by the American Civil Liberties Union.

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WNU Editor: Kudos to the Trump administration's decision to not fight this ACLU request thereby having these memos released now instead of at some later date. As to the memos themselves .... according to the ACLU these memos are a bombshell because they reveal how much the law was disregarded by the FBI and U.S. intelligence agencies. This is something to remember about when we hear former President Obama intel chiefs carping and complaining about President Trump .... Former Intelligence Chiefs Criticise President Trump. Former CIA Director Brennan Encourages Government Officials To Not Follow President Trump's Orders On Robert Mueller (July 25, 2017) .... or when former FBI Director and now Special Counsel Robert Mueller makes his report on his Russian collusion investigation.

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