#FBI broke own rules in January 6 and BLM #intelligence search, #court finds

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/19/fbi-intelligence-surveillance-court-january-6-blm

FBI officials said the thousands of violations, which also include improper searches of donors to a congressional campaign, predated a series of corrective measures that started in the summer of 2021 and continued last year. But the problems could nonetheless complicate FBI and #justice department efforts to receive congressional reauthorization of a warrantless #surveillance program that law enforcement officials say is needed to counter terrorism, espionage and international #cybercrime.

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