• ggBarabajagal@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes, that sounds right, except that I think it really is relevant that one party was a U.S. citizen.

    There are strict laws against the U.S. government surveilling U.S. citizens without a warrant. By using FISA information gathered through warrantless foreign surveillance, the FBI appeared to be taking a backdoor around those laws.