NSA Director Rogers Disclosed FISA Abuse Days After Page Warrant Was Issued

Admiral Mike Rogers, Director of the National Security Agency (NSA), before Congress on May 23, 2017. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

News Analysis

On March 9, 2016, Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight personnel learned that the FBI had been employing outside contractors who had access to raw Section 702 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) data, and retained that access after their work for the FBI was completed.