Was it Comey or …(((Loretta Lynch?)))
▪FISA Warrants▪
How does it work?
When an agency requests a warrant from the FISA Court, the request falls to one of the 11 judges who sit on the court. It is up to that judge to either deny or approve the request for a surveillance warrant. If the request is denied, there is an avenue for appeal of the ruling, but that has happened only a handful of times in the history of the court.
Is there any other way to get surveillance warrant?
(((An alternate way a warrant for surveillance can be obtained is if the U.S. attorney general declares an emergency and authorizes the employment of the surveillance.))) The attorney general must notify a judge on the FISA Court, and must, within seven days, apply for a warrant for the action.
Second, investigators can conduct surveillance for up to a year without a court order if authorized by the president. For this to occur, (((the U.S. Attorney General has to certify))) to the court that there is minimal risk that the investigation will turn up information about U.S. citizens.
(((The U.S. Attorney General must also certify to the court))) that the target of the investigation is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power. These requirements parallel what Department of Justice officials would need to demonstrate in FISA court in order to obtain a FISA court warrant.
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