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FBI Director Christopher Wray “told us we can sleep well at night because of the FBI’s so-called FISA reforms. But it was worse than we thought,” said Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which has jurisdiction over FISA 702 renewal.
Sen. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.), said the newly disclosed opinion revealed “shocking abuses of FISA Section 702, in particular the FBI’s warrantless searches through 702 data for information on Americans.” Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said the opinion showed the need for additional changes beyond the Justice Department’s own reforms, “to ensure that the FBI, and other agencies, are faithful stewards of this powerful and irreplaceable national security tool.”