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    FISA court: FBI use of NSA's electronic surveillance data was illegal

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    Christine Fisher
    Christine Fisher
    10.08.2019

    A US court ruled that some of the FBI's electronic surveillance activities violated the constitutional privacy rights of Americans. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) deemed that FBI officials improperly searched a National Security Agency (NSA) intelligence database for info on Americans. The ruling was made last year but just revealed by the intelligence community today.