Sentences with phrase «surveillance warrant»
A surveillance warrant is a legal permission granted by a court that allows law enforcement or intelligence agencies to conduct surveillance on an individual or group. It allows them to gather evidence or intelligence by monitoring their communication, activities, or movements while investigating a suspected crime or threat to national security. Full definition
Report by official reviewer of counter-terrorism laws also says ministers should be stripped of power to authorise surveillance warrants
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Tracking the location of suspected terrorists, and perhaps their known associates, might not seem so objectionable — though one could argue whether Section 215's «relevance» standard was sufficient, or whether a full FISA electronic surveillance warrant (requiring a showing of probable cause) would be a more appropriate tool.
So the FBI and Department of Justice put together an application to a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court — a court that approves surveillance warrants pertaining to national security and foreign intelligence — to start watching Page.
There have been some minor concessions in that regard, with the government saying it would have a team of ten senior judges rubber - stamping surveillance warrants.
A bill that expands animal fighting to the list of designated offenses for an electronic or video surveillance warrant was signed into law on Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Judicial oversight is entirely absent, with the executive branch responsible for nominating members of the ISC and authorising surveillance warrants.
Furthermore, Deputy Director McCabe testified before the Committee in December 2017 that no surveillance warrant would have been sought from the FISC without the Steele dossier information.
He reportedly defends the FBI's application for a surveillance warrant on former Trump aide Carter Page and says that there was no deception surrounding the now - infamous Steele dossier.
From what's been publicly reported about the Nunes memo, the key allegation in it is that the FBI abused its power when requesting a surveillance warrant on Trump foreign policy adviser Carter Page.
Democratic lawmakers, and even the Nunes memo, say Steele's research was just one piece of evidence used to support the surveillance warrant.
No information has publicly emerged that the Justice Department or the F.B.I. did anything improper while seeking the surveillance warrant involving Mr. Page.
In a criminal investigation, law enforcement must show probable cause to obtain a surveillance warrant.
Last month, he spearheaded a memo that attempted to undermine Republicans» claims that top officials at the FBI and the Department of Justice, including McCabe, improperly obtained a surveillance warrant to spy on a former member of the Trump presidential campaign.
The FBI relied heavily on the dubious Steele dossier, as well as a Yahoo! News article based on the salacious document, to obtain a surveillance warrant against a Trump campaign adviser prior to the...