Mueller hauled before secret FISA court to address FBI abuses in 2002, Congress told

Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 9:36pm

Oh geeze. Booby's been at this rodeo before.

Mueller hauled before secret FISA court to address FBI abuses in 2002, Congress told

Robert Mueller, the former FBI director and current special prosecutor in the Russia case, once was hauled before the nation's secret intelligence court to address a large number of instances in which the FBI cheated on sensitive surveillance warrants, according to evidence gathered by congressional investigators.

For most of the past 16 years, Mueller's closed-door encounter escaped public notice because of the secrecy of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC).

But thanks to recent testimony from a former FBI lawyer, we now have a rare window into documented abuses of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants and how the courts handled the matter.

The episode is taking on new significance as Mueller moves into the final stages of his Russia probe while evidence mounts that the FBI work preceding his appointment as special prosecutor may have involved improprieties in the securing of a FISA warrant to spy on Donald Trump's campaign in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign.

The sin that plagued the FBI two decades ago, and that now lingers over the Russia case, involves the omission of material facts by agents applying for FISA warrants in sensitive counterterrorism and counterintelligence cases.

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Most of the omissions occurred in FBI work that pre-dated Mueller's arrival, the sources said. But the court wanted assurances the new sheriff in town was going to stop such widespread abuses.

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"Prior to implementation of the so-called Woods Procedures there were instances where inaccurate information was provided by FBI field offices and headquarters personnel to the Court," Mueller wrote to senators in 2003.

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/428755-mueller-hauled-before-sec...

FISC order from 2002

https://fas.org/irp/agency/doj/fisa/fisc051702.html

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Submitted by Roy Blakeley on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 9:53pm
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Mueller is a war hero/demigod ................unless he fails to find that Trump has committed impeachable offenses, in which case he is working for Russia.

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 10:09pm
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Senate Investigating Mueller FBI's Prosecution Of "Orgy Island Billionaire" Jeffrey Epstein

Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced New York financier who served 13 months in prison for soliciting an underaged girl for prostitution, has served his time, and despite all of the negative press surrounding his "Lolita Express" and the many celebrities and politicians - including former President Bill Clinton and disgraced actor Kevin Spacey - who have reportedly traveled to his "orgy island", he will likely live out his life as a free man (unless new offenses are committed).

But thanks to a series published by the Miami Herald last year that delved into how prosecutors worked with powerful defense attorneys to ensure Epstein received such a lenient sentence. The expose shed a light on the role played by Alex Acosta, who went on to become Trump's Secretary of Labour, in handing down the light sentence. Acosta was the US Attorney for the Southern District of Florida at the time Epstein's sentence was handed down.

Now, thanks to those stories, the DOJ has reportedly opened an investigation into the conduct of DOJ attorneys in the case, and whether they committed "professional misconduct" in their working relationship with Epstein's attorneys.

At the time, the FBI was run by Robert Mueller.

If you haven't had the chance to read the Miami Herald's article about the sweet deal Epstein got, do. He was accused of having sex with 14 underage girls and yet he was only charged for one. He was sentenced to 18 months, but only served 13. And here's the kicker. He got to leave every day for 16 hours. But wait, there's more...

Fusion GPS Tried And Failed To Link Trump To Jeffrey Epstein

This was a bold move by Fusion GPS because of Bill's connection to Epstein. Bill and Hillary flew on Epstein's jet to his private island 26 times for Bill, 6 for Hillary. And Hillary's BFF Huma Abedin.

Did Mueller give Epstein such a sweet deal because he was protecting the Clintons? Again? We know that he has a history of doing just that. It's possible that his bogus Russia Gate investigation is actually a way to cover up Hillary's actions during the election. Then there's that FBI raid on the Clinton's foundation whistleblower when all the information about it was swept up even though congress and the prosecutors already had it.

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 10:26pm
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Here.

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Submitted by Amanda Matthews on Thu, 02/07/2019 - 12:21am
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@snoopydawg

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Submitted by snoopydawg on Thu, 02/07/2019 - 1:17am
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@Amanda Matthews

but if Epstein was an FBI mole, then was anyone prosecuted for whatever he was watching them for? And I think that they could have done something different from using him as a mole and still get the girls some justice. I really hope that we find out the truth about his deal.

Have you read the Miami Herald article on this? It's a doozy.

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