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FBI Director Kash Patel Closes Surveillance Oversight Office in Organizational Restructuring

  • Kash Patel, the head of the FBI, recently disbanded the Office of Internal Auditing, the bureau’s unit responsible for monitoring compliance with surveillance regulations.
  • The office was created in 2020 under Attorney General Bill Barr and Christopher Wray to monitor the bureau's use of Section 702 of FISA amid prior abuses and controversies.
  • Section 702, added to FISA in 2008, permits warrantless surveillance of foreigners abroad but has been criticized for warrantless queries on Americans, some reaching hundreds of thousands annually.
  • Patel publicly condemned previous FBI leadership for manipulating FISA applications, promised more transparency, and called Section 702 a 'critical tool' while acknowledging ongoing reforms and criticisms.
  • The office's closure and absorption into the inspection division removes a key surveillance oversight mechanism, raising concerns about unchecked abuses despite Patel's pledge to maintain proper audits.
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china.org.cn broke the news in on Monday, May 19, 2025.
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