U.S._ Congress has a spy problem; FBI investigating databases for hackers, foreign influence

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Congress has a spy problem; FBI investigating databases for hackers, foreign influence

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By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times - Thursday, November 23, 2023


A recent series of events, including federal charges that Sen. Robert Menendez took bribes from the Egyptian government, have exposed the extent of FBI investigations into foreign agents seeking access and influence in Congress.

In the last two years, suspected plots by foreign spies have sent the bureau rummaging through a senator’s closet, searching for information on a federal lawmaker in a database containing sensitive foreign intelligence, and warning of hackers trying to breach a House lawmaker’s private communications.

In June 2022, federal agents raided the home of Mr. Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat who at the time was the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. In his closet, prosecutors said the agents found evidence that the New Jersey Democrat took bribes from the government of Egypt.

That same month, an FBI analyst searched a senator’s name in a database containing foreign intelligence because agents suspected foreign spies were targeting the lawmaker, according to a declassified Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Opinion authored in April 2023.

The search violated FBI rules for using FISA-obtained data, according to the court opinion.

Cato Institute senior fellow Patrick Eddington said documentation of the FBI’s wrongful searches of lawmakers should cause them to reevaluate the FBI.

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