FBI analyst improperly used intelligence database to snoop on US senator, judge rules
“Some violations of the querying standard coincided with failure to follow an FBI policy that requires prior Deputy Director approval to use ‘sensitive query terms’ — e.g. identifiers of domestic public officials, domestic political candidates, members of the news media, academics, and religious organizations or persons prominent within them,” the opinion states.
The Section 702 program authorizes the bulk collection of electronic communications data — such as phone calls and text messages — for intelligence officials to use as a database to search for foreign targets.The identities of the senator and state officials queried were not revealed in the ruling, which was issued by Judge Rudolph Contreras in April.
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