Tag: FBI surveillance

Bipartisan Lawmakers Express Outrage Over FBI Misuse of Surveillance Tool to Spy on Americans

Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle on May 19 expressed alarm after an unsealed court order revealed the FBI misused a controversial surveillance tool to collect intelligence on U.S. citizens, including individuals suspected of involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol breach and George Floyd protests. The details of the inappropriately collected information were outlined by…


FBI Warrantless Searches of Americans Dropped 96 Percent in 2022

Based on a recent government report, under the controversial Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Security Act (FISA), there has been a steep decline in the FBI’s warrantless searches of U.S. citizens. According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI) Annual Statistical Transparency Report (pdf) released on April 28, the FBI conducted…


Memories of Pre-Dawn Raids at Gunpoint Haunt Pro-Life Activists, Friends, and Family

Jonathan Darnel woke at 5:30 a.m. to fists pounding on his door. There was a crash as it was torn from its hinges, then shouts of armed men, he told The Epoch Times. Without warning, FBI agents swarmed in to arrest him. His crime: participating in what he calls a “peaceful pro-life protest” nearly two…


FBI’s Attacks on Journalists Examined in Mock Congressional Hearing

With Congress apparently declining to exercise its oversight powers to examine the FBI’s infringements on the free press, the House Freedom Caucus held its own conference on the matter in lieu of a formal hearing. The May 10 conference led by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) had all the trappings and protocols of a hearing on…


FBI’s Attacks on Journalists Examined in Informal Congressional Hearing

With Congress apparently declining to exercise its oversight powers to examine the FBI’s infringements on the free press, the House Freedom Caucus held its own conference on the matter in lieu of a formal hearing. The May 10 conference, led by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), had all the trappings and protocols of a hearing on…


FBI ‘Secret Spy Plane Surveillance Program’ Detailed in Court Records

The FBI’s so-called “secret spy plane surveillance program” is under scrutiny in a Florida terrorism case, where the defendant has asked a U.S. judge to toss evidence from the bureau’s aerial surveillance activities. The FBI’s aerial surveillance program was first revealed in June 2015 by the Associated Press, which reported that the bureau maintained a civilian air…