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2019-12-09 Home Front: Politix

13 things to look for in the DOJ OIG FISA abuse report (plus a link to the document in the comments)

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Posted by JohnQC 2019-12-09 09:27|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 PIG = OIG

Posted by JohnQC 2019-12-09 09:39|| 2019-12-09 09:39|| Front Page Top

#2 fixed

Posted by Frank G 2019-12-09 09:56|| 2019-12-09 09:56|| Front Page Top

#3 The Dallas Morning News has already informed its readers that the report will not substantiate Trump's claim of a witch hunt.

What else matters?

Posted by Bobby 2019-12-09 10:47|| 2019-12-09 10:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Link to the document in PDF form.

Posted by newc 2019-12-09 13:26|| 2019-12-09 13:26|| Front Page Top

#5
1. Whitewashing
2. Obfuscation
3. Sugarcoating
4. Palliating
5. Glossing Over
6. Overlooking
7. Omissions
8. Evasions
9. Extenuation
10. Minimization
11. Downplaying
12. Deemphasizing
13. Soft-pedaling

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-12-09 13:38|| 2019-12-09 13:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Pretty much yeah. If Durham pisses on us too, there's going to be ALOT of very angry people.

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-12-09 14:10|| 2019-12-09 14:10|| Front Page Top

We further found that while Strzok was directly involved in the decisions to open Crossfire Hurricane and the four individual cases, he was not the sole, or even the highest level, decision maker as to any of those matters.

We also concluded that, under the AG guidelines and the DIOG, the FBI had an authorized purpose when it opened Crossfire Hurricane to obtain information about, or protect against, a national security threat or federal crime, even though the investigation also had the potential to impact constitutionally protected activity.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-12-09 14:25|| 2019-12-09 14:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Set as today’s headline because newc provided a link to the long-awaited document in the comments — all 400+ pages in a neatly typed PDF.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-12-09 14:29|| 2019-12-09 14:29|| Front Page Top

#9 However -

We are deeply concerned that so many basic and fundamental errors were made by three separate, hand-picked investigative teams; on one of the most sensitive FBI investigations; after the matter had been briefed to the highest levels within the FBI; even though the information sought through use of FISA authority related so closely to an ongoing presidential campaign; and even though those involved with the investigation knew that their actions were likely to be subjected to close scrutiny.

Posted by Bobby 2019-12-09 14:35|| 2019-12-09 14:35|| Front Page Top

#10 The rest of page 414 is also interesting -

We believe this circumstance reflects a failure not just by those who prepared the FISA applications, but also by the managers and supervisors in the Crossfire Hurricane chain of command, including FBI senior officials who were briefed as the investigation progressed. We do not expect managers and supervisors to know every fact about an investigation, or senior leaders to know all the details of cases about which they are briefed. However, especially in the FBl's most sensitive and high-priority matters, and especially when seeking court permission to use an intrusive tool such as a FISA order, it is incumbent upon the entire chain of command, including senior officials, to take the necessary steps to ensure that they are sufficiently familiar with the facts and circumstances supporting and potentially undermining a FISA application in order to provide effective oversight consistent with their level of supervisory responsibility. Such oversight requires greater familiarity with the facts than we saw in this review, where time and again during OIG interviews FBI managers, supervisors, and senior officials displayed a lack of understanding or awareness of important information concerning many of the problems we identified.

In the preparation of the FISA applications to surveil Carter Page, the Crossfire Hurricane team failed to comply with FBI policies, and in so doing fell short of what is rightfully expected from a premier law enforcement agency entrusted with such an intrusive surveillance tool. In light of the significant concerns identified with the Carter Page FISA applications and the other issues described in this report, the OIG today initiated an audit that will further examine the FBI's compliance with the Woods Procedures in FISA applications that target U.S. persons in both counterintelligence and counterterrorism investigations. We also make the following recommendations to assist the Department and the FBI in avoiding similar failures in future investigations.

Somebody should lose their job over this.

Oh, wait - several already have.

Posted by Bobby 2019-12-09 14:39|| 2019-12-09 14:39|| Front Page Top

#11 We are deeply concerned that so many basic and fundamental errors were made

BULLSHI*

Posted by Besoeker 2019-12-09 16:40|| 2019-12-09 16:40|| Front Page Top

#12 We are deeply concerned that so many basic and fundamental errors were made

They are not errors---they are instances of malfeasance by people doing this deliberately. What a POS piece of mealy mouth prose.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-12-09 18:59|| 2019-12-09 18:59|| Front Page Top

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