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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Kash Patel closes watchdog that oversees surveillance of his own department: report
FBI director Kash Patel has closed an internal watchdog office tasked with ensuring compliance with surveillance rules.Patel helped spur the creation of the Office of Internal Auditing he's now closing when he attacked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, applications seeking court pe...
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