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FBI Director Kash Patel Abruptly Closes Internal Watchdog Office Overseeing Surveillance Compliance | Once a long-time critic of FBI surveillance, Patel is now singing a different tune.
Once a long-time critic of FBI surveillance, Patel is now singing a different tune.
People familiar with the matter told the outlet that the closure of the aforementioned watchdog group alongside the Office of Integrity and Compliance are part of internal reorganization. However, Jeramie Scott, senior counselor at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, told Gizmodo via email that the FBI “has repeatedly abused its ability to search Americans’ communications ‘incidentally’ collected under Section 702” to conduct warrantless spying. But Elizabeth Goitein, senior director at the Brennan Center for Justice, told Gizmodo via email, “It is hard to square this move with Mr. Patel’s own stated concerns about the FBI’s use of Section 702.”
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