More Than 1 Million Secret FBI Searches Made in Error: Watchdog

More than 1 million secret searches of Americans conducted by the FBI were made erroneously, a watchdog testified to Congress on April 27.
About 30 percent of the approximately 3.4 million searches were done in error, Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz testified.
“It’s obviously very concerning that there’s that volume of searches,” Horowitz told a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee, noting that he was particularly concerned with the high error rate.
The searches in question were conducted by FBI personnel with authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The law enables U.S. authorities to gather information on U.S. citizens suspected of being involved with possible spies or terrorists….}