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DOJ IG Launches Investigation Into Info Gathered Via Domestic Surveillance Program

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Press release: “Following requests for an investigation of the National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless surveillance program from Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), and other House members, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Glenn A. Fine today informed Lofgren and Hinchey that his office has opened a program review of the agency’s involvement with the program. Lofgren and Hinchey have led the call for nearly a year for DOJ officials to examine the NSA warrantless surveillance program with Lofgren pushing for Fine to investigate the matter and Hinchey pursuing a probe through the agency’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR).”
Related resources:

  • postings on the domestic surveillance program
  • Center for American Progress: Ensuring that FISA is Legal and Effective, November 29, 2006. “The Justice Department’s Inspector General announced this week that he will conduct an internal investigation into how the Department used information obtained by the National Security Agency under a warrantless surveillance program authorized by the president shortly after 9/11. Most legal experts consider the program to be in violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which requires the government to obtain a warrant from a special court under most circumstances.”
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