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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on January 12, 2018, 11:39:49 pm
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Devin Nunes accuses FBI, DOJ of demonstrating 'abuse' of government surveillance programs
by Diana Stancy Correll | Jan 12, 2018, 6:26 PM
House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes, R-Calif., told fellow Republicans he has witnessed evidence demonstrating a clear “abuse†of government surveillance programs by FBI and Justice Department officials, according to a new report.
Nunes’ comments were made as he was attempting to garner votes for a bill to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 702 permits the intelligence community to oversee foreign communications, but does not authorize the government to oversee Americans. The bill was passed by the House on Thursday.
Ahead of the vote, Nunes said he has not seen evidence to suggest Section 702 was abused to look at foreigners, but that other sections of the law had been misused by the government to oversee Americans, Fox News reported.
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