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PERMANENT SELECT OMMIEE O NELGENCE
March 1, 2018
HVC-304,
THE
CAPITOL
WASINGON,
DC 20515 (202) 225121
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TI $ BG
RY  J
The Honorable Je Sessions Atoey General U.S. Department of Justce 950 Pennsylvania A venue NW Washngon DC 20530-000 Dear Mr Attoey Genera: The Federal Breau of Investgaton (FBI) s charged with protecting the America peope and enrcng ou laws n accordance wth the US Constituton To ca out this essental msson the FBI has a stict set of ntea rues and procedures embodied in the Domestic Investigatons and Operatons Guide (DIOG) The DIOG was created by the Bureau tsel and appoved by the epe o ue (O) The laest unredacted verson of the DIOG avalable to the Commtee (dated Octobe 5, 20) deineaes procedures the FBI must low when submttng applicatons to the Foreign Inteligence Srelance Cou (FISC) r orders to conduct sveilance through the Foregn Inteligence Survelance Act (FISA) Accordng to the DIOG: •FISA survelance is a very inrusive means o acquiring ination that must baancethe need to obtan sensitive national security nrmation against civl lbees•When stiking this baance a vercation process ust be conducted r all FISAapplcatonsUnder the subsection "FISA Vercaton of Accuracy rocedures the FBI itseacknowledges this imporance: The accuracy of inraton contained withinFISA appications s of utmost mportance. Ony docuented and veried nmation may be used to support FBI applications [FISA] to the cor FISC] •he DIOG provdes detaied instructions r the FB to ow to ensure that inrmationappeaing n a FISA appcaton that is presented to the FISC has been thooughly vettedand conmedForme and curent DOJ and FBI eadership have conrmed to the Commitee that unveried noaon o e eee oe oe n een   e    to Carte age These deas are outlined in a declassied meorandu eeased by the Coitee on Februay 2 2018 a copy o which is attached r your eview
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