Declassified FISA Opinion Shows More FBI Abuses
https://technofog.substack.com/p/declassified-fisa-opinion-shows-more
Judge James Boasberg, who presides over the FISA Court, found little issue with these abuses. In fact, Boasberg concluded:
“[T]he Court is willing to again conclude that the improper queries described above do not undermine its prior determination that, with implementation of the documentation requirement, the FBI’s querying and minimization procedures meet statutory and Fourth Amendment requirements.”
As we previously reported*, Boasberg declined to sentence former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith to prison - not even a day - after Clinesmith altered a CIA email and lied about it to others within the FBI in furtherance of a Carter Page FISA renewal. The FISA heightened duty of candor doesn’t come with heightened punishments for violating that duty.
*https://technofog.substack.com/p/judge-boasberg-the-clinesmith-lies
Not withstanding the crux of this article,
How the fuck was Boasberg the Judge in the Clinesmith case?
The conflict is beyond glaring.
He was a Judge on the FISC when the crime occurred, and the Top Dog when he took this case!
How is this not a massive conflict of interest?
Was he propelled to Presiding Judge of the FISC based on delivering a pre-determined non-sentence for Clinesmith?
(It seems to me if he sentenced him to serious prison time, the defense would have used Boasberg's lack of recusal / conflict as grounds for dismissal on appeal)
Interesting that the most secretive Court in the land is also the most corrupt.