Syndicated Via National File| NATHANIEL LINDERMAN|
IN A SHOCKING DECLASSIFIED REPORT, IT HAS BEEN REVEALED THAT THE FBI UNCONSTITUTIONALLY TAPPED THE NSA’S DATABASE OF INFORMATION ON AMERICAN CITIZENS IN ORDER TO SPY ON “RACIALLY MOTIVATED VIOLENT EXTREMISTS.” THIS NEWS COMES IN THE WAKE OF THE JANUARY 6TH RALLY IN SUPPORT OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, AS CONGRESS DEBATES NEW DOMESTIC TERRORISM LAWS THAT WOULD TARGET SUPPORTERS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP.
The FBI did this in violation of a court order, as they had no warrant for the many people in DC on that day, as the vast majority of them committed no crime. However, it is totally legal for the NSA to collect the data of American citizens without a warrant, so long as the data is collected while supposedly gathering the data of suspected foreign nationals as well. The FBI illegally searching through this information violates the presumption of innocence.
The FBI has done this before, it was revealed, despite several warnings that they were breaking the law. It remains redacted whether or not these warrantless searches or backdoor queries have resulted in any arrests. According the The Daily Beast, most of the targets of the searches were people who the FBI deemed to be “right wing extremists.”
The FBI informed the Daily Mail that they had been working to comply with FISA Court Orders throughout the past year and a half. The NSA did not respond for comment.
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