FISA report prompts renewed calls for spy tool reforms

Lawmakers across the political spectrum are reiterating calls to revise a key provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act after a declassified court ruling revealed the FBI misused it last year.

“Another gross overstep by the [FBI] that further erodes the public’s trust,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said in a statement regarding the revelation, adding, “AG [Merrick] Garland: Who is being held accountable for this?!”

July 25, 2023 01:41 PM