FISA Court Judge FINALLY Faults FBI

FISA Court Judge Colyer:
​'Applications unreliable ..."

FISC Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer Blasts FBI
12-17-19, FISC Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer fundamentally infers the Dept Of Justice [DOJ] informed the court that additional FISA applications should now be considered unreliable as a result of the FBI Office of General Counsel compromise (Kevin Clinesmith): Collyer Comments About FBI in Response to Evidence of FISA Fraud
​– Likely More Unreliable Applications…
12-17-19, To fully understand today’s response order (pdf here) from FISA Presiding Judge Rosemary Collyer to the DOJ/FBI, a little background context is needed.
As we noted, last weekend HPSCI ranking member Devin Nunes dropped the gloves and essentially stated the DOJ/FBI were conspiring against U.S. citizens with the wilful participation of the FISA court.  This was a stunning, albeit unreported, development.
Nunes change in posture is important because he outlined that without severe corrective action the FISC should be dismantled.  Additionally, on the specific issues of fraudulent applications to the FISC, in February  2018 Devin Nunes and former Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte had prior communication to Judge Collyer with warnings.  Very strongly worded warnings and concerns.  So there’s a history on this exact issue. [More from Fox News here]

In their prior communication Judge Collyer, representing the judicial branch, downplayed the warning of the legislative branch, and told Nunes and Goodlatte to work it out with the executive branch.   The developments over the FISA fraud now stand against that context.
Today, Judge Rosemary Collyer responds to the DOJ and FBI about the inspector general investigation and subsequent findings. [pdf here – and full embed below] Having read her writings, and understanding that everything FISC is classified, it is possible to see between the lines she writes.
Collyer outlines in her order how the DOJ-NSD and FBI reported issues to the FISC in October and November prior to the IG report release.  Essentially, Collyer infers the DOJ informed the court that additional FISA applications should now be considered unreliable as a result of the FBI Office of General Counsel compromise (Kevin Clinesmith):
The Oct/November DOJ notification led to a December 5, 2019 order by Judge Collyer.
On December 9, 2019 when the IG report was made public, the FISC was given a declassified version of the report and was able to review for the first time.  It was from that IG review that Collyer was able to establish the full context of the fraud upon the court.  The court was given no advanced notification as to the totality of fraud upon the FISC other than a preliminary ‘head’s up’ on the OGC Clinesmith compromise.
As a result of the IG report, Collyer is now telling the DOJ to declassify her response of December 5th, because she is going to make it public.  Judge Collyer is not asking the ODNI (ostensibly now AG Bill Barr), to declassify her response – she is telling him to declassify it.

The bottom line is without actual legal accountability for the fraud, everything is just a matter of words without consequence.   Judge Collyer is angry, but so what… is she going to hold anyone accountable?  Thus the frustration outlined by Devin Nunes last weekend. Judicial opinions, strongly worded letters, court orders, insufferable justifications, and government promises of corrective actions are meaningless when real Americans are harmed by gross abuses of power - just ask Carter Page. Source here ​
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​An Apology To Carter Page 
12-16-19, JonathanTurley.org -- The case of Carter Page is far from the first time that the Deep State has violated the law to achieve their objectives and gotten away with it. Former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page has never been given a fair hearing, let alone a trial, to clear his name. As the two political parties spin the results of a report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, one matter remains unaddressed. Someone needs to apologize to Page.

​Only two in over 10,000 applications were turned down by the FISA Court.
According to ABC News, 3-4-17: Annually in the USA more than a thousand applications for electronic surveillance, all signed by the attorney general, and the vast majority are approved. Example: from 2009 to 2015, more than 10,700 applications for electronic surveillance were submitted, and only one was denied in its entirety. The wire tapping request of presidential candidate businessman Donald J. Trump's offices is very troubling as the FISA Court turned down President Obama’s Administration’s first request to wire tap his offices that was evidently signed off on by Attorney General Loretta Lynch. With only two applications denied out of 10,700 from 2009 through 2015, the fact that the Obama Administration’s application was denied by the FISA Court is very disturbing. The odds of this happening were 0.02% . More here from Gateway Pundit
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Devin Nunes had it right on Sunday…. shut down the FISA court!

Devin Nunes: The FISA Court and FBI “Dirty Cops”
12-15-19, ConservativeTreeHouse.com -- I think Devin Nunez is brave, and afraid, but goes forward in spite of well founded fear. ... until such time as the FBI cures their ailment, the FISA desk is shut down indefinitely on the grounds of fraudulent behavior by a still-operating organization that has not changed course or personnel.