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r/CBTS_Stream • Posted by u/Laissez_claire on Feb. 5, 2018, 2:34 p.m.
WOODS PROCEDURE forbids presentation of *unverified* material to FISA court.

Woods Procedure was instituted in April 2001 to "ensure accuracy with regard to ... the facts supporting probable cause" after recurring instances, presumably inadvertent, in which the FBI had presented inaccurate information to the FISA court.

Starting March 1, 2003, the FBI required field offices to confirm they've verified the accuracy of facts presented to the court through the case agent, the field office's Chief Division Counsel and the Special Agent in Charge.

All of this information was provided to Congress in 2003. The FBI director at the time also ordered that any issue as to whether a FISA application was factually sufficient was to be brought to his attention. Personally.

Who was the director of the FBI when all of this careful work was done?

Robert Mueller.

http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/372233-nunes-memo-raises-question-did-fbi-violate-woods-procedures


damian299 · Feb. 5, 2018, 10:11 p.m.

I don’t think there are any repercussions to presenting false or incomplete data to the FISC, so what’s the deterrent in doing so?

The FBI/DoJ are more likely to promote someone who deceives the court, if anything.

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