This has probably been posted before but still a good read from June.

A Hornet’s Nest Kicked – The Importance of Rogers’ March 2016 Discovery

On or shortly after March 9, 2016, NSA Director Rogers became aware of improper access to raw FISA data (FISA Court Ruling p. 83-84).

On March 9, 2016, DOJ oversight personnel conducting a minimization review at the FBI’s [Redacted] learned that the FBI had disclosed raw FISA information, including but not limited to Section 702-acquired information, to a [Redacted] Compliance Report at 92.

FISA access was being granted to private contractors:

[Redacted] is part of the [Redacted] and “is largely staffed by private contractors” [Redacted] certain [Redacted] contractors had access to raw FISA information on FBI storage systems [Redacted].

And the FISA access appeared to be quite broad:

The apparent purpose for the FBI’s granting such access was to receive analytical assistance from [Redacted]. Nonetheless, the [Redacted] contractors had access to raw FISA information that went well beyond what was necessary to respond to the FBI’s requests; [Redacted].

And the FISA access appeared to be quite broad:

The apparent purpose for the FBI’s granting such access was to receive analytical assistance from [Redacted]. Nonetheless, the [Redacted] contractors had access to raw FISA information that went well beyond what was necessary to respond to the FBI’s requests; [Redacted].

On April 18 2016, Director Rogers shut down FBI/DOJ contractor access to the FISA data.

The FBI discontinued the above-described access to raw FISA information as of April 18, 2016.

This activity had been going on since at least November 2015.

NSA examined all queries using identifiers for “U.S. persons targeted using the [Redacted] tool in [Redacted] from November 1, 2015 to May 1, 2016.

Full story:

https://themarketswork.com/2018/06/01/a-hornets-nest-kicked-the-importance-of-rogers-march-2016-discovery/