SAN FRANCISCO — A United States court found that the FBI improperly searched for information in a US database of foreign intelligence 278,000 times over several years, including on Americans suspected of crimes, according to a ruling released Friday, May 19. The decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court was released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). The searches occurred in the course of U.S. crime investigations including the January 6 Capitol riots and protests after the 2020 killing of George Floyd, the court said.

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