Declassification Raises Further Questions About Timing of Obama Data Sharing Order

President Barack Obama is seen in the Oval Office at the White House on Jan. 20, 2017. JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images

Analysis

In a newly unredacted footnote from the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general’s report on Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) abuses, the urgency behind the FBI obtaining a FISA warrant on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page becomes clear.