The fisa warrants . The concern grows out of the fact the failures in information that should have been given wasnt given and the question being what was the intent . What was the motivation and what we have determined was we could not definitively say what the motivation was. Are these pretty smart people come up fairly well educated . Well, well educated. I was going to say. They have law degrees, right . At least some of them do. So for people at this level of the organization . To be clear, the stuff that didnt happen on the view was basic staff. You didnt need to be deeply experienced fbi agent to be able to do with the right way. That is my point. Wouldnt you say that would be Muscle Memory for people going through this process to know that they have an obligation to go through that . They clearly should have. So wouldnt it be reasonable if they didnt call you cant answer this question but to me, it seems have something a standard at that process for you go to fisa court, to not
Warrants . The concern grows out of the fact that all of the failures and the and The Information that shouldved been given and wasnt given. And the question being what was the intent . What what washa their intention . Their motivation there. And what we determined was we couldnt definitively say what the motivation was. Are these pretty smart people . Fairly welleducated . At least welleducated. I dont know if theyre smart. I dont know if were very smart to beow honest with you. I was b going to say they have law degrees, right . At least somehe of them do. So you think the woods review for people at this level of the organization. To be clear, the stuff that didnt happen on the woods review was basic stuff. Yeah. You didnt need to be a deeplyexperienced fbi agent to be able to do it the right way. Well, thats my point. So wouldnt you think that would almost be muscle p memory for people who are going through this process to know they had an obligation to go through that . They clear
errors, et cetera, the director acknowledged your findings. in fact, he is moving ahead to make improvements to the fisa process and make the fbi and much stronger institution. that is correct. would you agree that it is a major decision to seek authority from a fisa court to conduct surveillance on america? i agree. if fbi officials were politically motivated and wanting to conduct surveillance on a particular american, wouldn t the decision to seek fisa approval be a point where political bias could affect the process? it could. yes. yes. actually, that would be a pretty good time for any political bias manifest itself. but here you found no evidence of political bias in deciding to seek fisa approval. we did not find such evidence. when you released your report on monday, both the attorney general and john durham immediately issued a public
cetera. the director acknowledged your findings. and, in fact, he is moving ahead to make improvements to the fisa process and as he put it to make the fbi a much stronger institution. that s correct. would you agree that it is a major decision to seek authority from a fisa court to conduct surveillance on ant american? i agree. if fbi officials were politically-motivated and wanting to conduct surveillance on a particular american, wouldn t the decision to seek fisaee approval be a point wher political bias could affect the process? could. yes. yes. actually, that would be a pretty good time for any kind of political bias to manifest itself. but here, you found no evidence of political bias in deciding to seek fisa approval. we did not find such evidence. when you released your report on monday, both the attorney general and mr. durham immediately issued public statements that challenged the