An FBI analyst improperly used an intelligence community surveillance tool to search the name of a US senator, a state senator and state judge last year, according to court records released on Friday.
An FBI analyst improperly used an intelligence community surveillance tool to search the name of a US senator, a state senator and state judge last year, according to court records released on Friday.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s opinion, released as part of a public records request, reveals that the queries were made under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act – which permits the government to conduct targeted surveillance of foreign persons located outside the US – and occurred in June and October of last year.
The court said the queries made by the analyst didn’t meet the legal standard set by the government and demonstrated a “failure” to follow FBI policy.
