The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) is claiming it is “not empowered by Congress” to release information it may possess about FBI or Justice Department misconduct or discipline in sensitive surveillance matters pending before the secretive court.
The FISC’s Chief Judge, James E. Boasberg, this month dismissed a May 2019 motion filed by investigative journalist and Just the News founder John Solomon and the Southeastern Legal Foundation seeking the publication of records pertaining “to attorney misconduct or discipline in certain matters.”
The document points to a decision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (FISCR) to explain the reason for the decision to dismiss the motion due to a lack of jurisdiction.
“Like the FISCR, the FISC is not empowered by Congress to consider constitutional claims generally, First Amendment claims specifically, or freestanding motions filed by persons who are not authorized by FISA to invoke this court’s jurisdiction,” Boasberg ruled…
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