Lawfare Archive: Jim Baker on FISA Errors
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🗓️ 17 February 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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From April 10, 2020: Jim Baker served as general counsel for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He was also the counsel for the Office of Intelligence Policy and Review at the Justice Department, where he supervised FISA applications. He joined Benjamin Wittes in the virtual Jungle Studio to discuss Inspector General Michael Horowitz's shocking report on inaccuracy in FISA applications, and the problems at the FBI that led to these errors.
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| 1:17.4 | archive for February 17th, 2024. The House was moving closer to a reauthorization vote for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence |
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| 1:49.0 | former FBI General Counsel to talk about a shocking report |
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