Director Klein Cited in Durham’s 2016 Election Report

May 23, 2023

Strauss Center Director Adam Klein’s work on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was recently cited in Special Counsel John Durham’s report on investigations related to the 2016 election. The report cited Klein’s recommendations for improving scrutiny of the FBI’s use of FISA. Read more here: https://www.justice.gov/storage/durhamreport.pdf.

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