Attorney General William Barr called the FISA Act a 'critical tool' and vowed to preserve it after suggestions from Republican lawmakers that the court that approves the powerful surveillance technique may have to be shut down absent sweeping reform
DETROIT Attorney General William Barr called the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act a"critical tool" and vowed to preserve it Wednesday after suggestions from Republican lawmakers that the court that approves the powerful surveillance technique may have to be shut down absent sweeping reform.
FISA surveillance has come under criticism in the wake of a scathing report by the Justice Department inspector general, who revealed last week that the FBI's applications to the FISA court to wiretap a former Trump campaign aide during the Russia investigation had been riddled with problems.
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