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FBI Made 'Inappropriate Use' of Foreign Surveillance Program To Spy on Americans (reason.com)
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[–] ggBarabajagal 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, that sounds right, except that I think it really is relevant that one party was a U.S. citizen.

There are strict laws against the U.S. government surveilling U.S. citizens without a warrant. By using FISA information gathered through warrantless foreign surveillance, the FBI appeared to be taking a backdoor around those laws.