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Whereas these warrants grant U.S. intelligence and [[law enforcement]] agencies sweeping power to collect bulk information and conduct ‘‘about collection’’,<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/05/21/john-carlin-the-former-nsd-head-who-enabled-the-fbis-carter-page-fisa-warrant/ </ref> which results in [[surveillance]] of a broad array of private communications from the past, present, and future, including those of U.S. citizens not specifically targeted in the FISA authorized warrant;<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/05/operation-condor-how-nsa-director-mike-rogers-saved-the-u-s-from-a-massive-constitutional-crisis/ </ref>

Whereas these warrants grant U.S. intelligence and [[law enforcement]] agencies sweeping power to collect bulk information and conduct ‘‘about collection’’,<ref>https://www.themarketswork.com/2018/05/21/john-carlin-the-former-nsd-head-who-enabled-the-fbis-carter-page-fisa-warrant/ </ref> which results in [[surveillance]] of a broad array of private communications from the past, present, and future, including those of U.S. citizens not specifically targeted in the FISA authorized warrant;<ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/01/05/operation-condor-how-nsa-director-mike-rogers-saved-the-u-s-from-a-massive-constitutional-crisis/ </ref>

Whereas to obtain these warrants, [[FBI]] and [[DOJ]] officials submitted an unverified dossier prepared by [[Christopher Steele]] to the [[FISA Court]],<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/fbi-dossier-carter-page-donald-trump-russia-investigation/index.html </ref> failing to disclose that Christopher Steele was hired by the firm [[Fusion GPS]], which was hired by the [[Democratic National Committee]] and [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign]] to prepare this dossier and that the source was unreliable and was soon thereafter going to be terminated as a source;<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.458088f4d37c</ref><ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-russia-dossier/WfYqXZf9lvbL5ujqnpp2FJ/story.html</ref>

Whereas to obtain these warrants, [[FBI]] and [[DOJ]] officials submitted an unverified dossier prepared by [[Christopher Steele]] to the FISA Court,<ref>https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/politics/fbi-dossier-carter-page-donald-trump-russia-investigation/index.html </ref> failing to disclose that Christopher Steele was hired by the firm [[Fusion GPS]], which was hired by the [[Democratic National Committee]] and [[2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign|Hillary Clinton campaign]] to prepare this dossier and that the source was unreliable and was soon thereafter going to be terminated as a source;<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-to-russia-dossier/2017/10/24/226fabf0-b8e4-11e7-a908-a3470754bbb9_story.html?utm_term=.458088f4d37c</ref><ref>https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/10/24/clinton-campaign-dnc-paid-for-research-that-led-russia-dossier/WfYqXZf9lvbL5ujqnpp2FJ/story.html</ref>

Whereas the FISA Court was not informed that Christopher Steele was actively opposed to the election of [[Donald Trump]],<ref>https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/heres-the-most-troubling-part-in-the-nunes-memo-and-why-it-matters-legally/ </ref> that he was the unnamed source cited in the media reports that the FBI used to corroborate his dossier,<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/4/christopher-steele-russia-dossier-writer-same-sour/ </ref> and that Fusion GPS had been hired to perform previous anti-Trump research efforts in 2015;<ref>http://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/fusion-gps-washington-free-beacon/ </ref>

Whereas the FISA Court was not informed that Christopher Steele was actively opposed to the election of [[Donald Trump]],<ref>https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/heres-the-most-troubling-part-in-the-nunes-memo-and-why-it-matters-legally/ </ref> that he was the unnamed source cited in the media reports that the FBI used to corroborate his dossier,<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/4/christopher-steele-russia-dossier-writer-same-sour/ </ref> and that Fusion GPS had been hired to perform previous anti-Trump research efforts in 2015;<ref>http://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/fusion-gps-washington-free-beacon/ </ref>