FBI says FISA request forms will now ask whether target was government source

Published August 25, 2020 12:47am ET



One of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act reforms undertaken by the FBI is implementing more stringent requirements for asking whether a possible target has been a source for the U.S. government.

The change was revealed following a related guilty plea in U.S. Attorney John Durham’s inquiry into the Russia investigation.

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