FBI’s ‘Case Agent 1’ Stephen Somma ‘primarily responsible’ for FISA failures

Published February 24, 2020 12:28pm ET



The Justice Department watchdog referred FBI agent Stephen Somma for disciplinary review after an investigation into alleged Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuses.

Somma, a counterintelligence investigator in the FBI’s New York field office, was identified only as “Case Agent 1” in Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report, released in December. Sources told the New York Times that Somma is that official. The FBI did not comment for the report.

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