Sentences with phrase «warrant applications approved»

And historically, it hasn't been difficult for intelligence agencies to get FISA warrant applications approved by a judge.

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The current Nunes memo reportedly claims that Rosenstein improperly approved a warrant application that made use of the Steele dossier.

The Nunes memo points out that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein approved the application for a renewal of the warrant knowing they were relying heavily on the DNC - funded Steele dossier.

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.

The three - and - a-half-page memo, written by Republican congressional aides, criticized information used by law enforcement officials in their application for a warrant to wiretap the former campaign adviser, Carter Page, and named the senior F.B.I. and Justice Department officials who approved the highly classified application.