Washington – Attorney General William Barr announced several reforms in the FBI’s process of pursuing warrants to secretly monitor elected officials, political campaigns and candidates, a year after an Inspector General’s report was filed. Many failures The FBI during a 2016 investigation into the Trump campaign.

The bar issued new restrictions in a pair of memos released on Tuesday. The The first suggestion Approves the creation of an internal auditing office within the FBI to ensure “rigorous and vigorous auditing” of the Bureau’s operations. The The second memo Establishes new oversight procedures for compliance with foreign intelligence surveillance warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA.

“FISA is a critical tool for ensuring the safety and security of Americans, especially in the fight against terrorism. However, the American people must have confidence that the United States government will use surveillance authorities to protect civil liberties.

“What happened to the Trump campaign and subsequent administration after the American people elected the president will never happen again,” he added.

One of the new restrictions is that the FBI Director must first consider providing a “defensive briefing” on potential targets of foreign governments before proceeding with an observation warrant. This new regulation applies to potential subjects of national security investigation, including candidates for federal office, elected federal officers, and their staff or formal and non-formal advisors. If the FBI Director decides not to issue such a summary, he or she must explain why in writing.

In the weeks leading up to the 2020 election, this change warns FBI campaigns about investigations into foreign interference.

In the wake of the Inspector General’s report on Trump’s campaign investigation known as “Hurricane Crossfire,” Bar Fisa’s applications were further scrutinized, addressing criticism from Republicans.

Michael Horowitz, the inspector general of the Justice Department, found the FBI justified and indicated that there was no political bias when the investigation began. Bureau made 17 “Significant mistakes and omissions” in handling FISA applications to monitor former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. In addition, Horowitz found that the FBI continued to monitor the page while collecting information.

In the most obvious example of abuse, an FBI attorney was found to have altered an email to change its meaning and to strengthen the Bureau’s Fiza application to monitor the page. Attorney, Kevin Kleinsmith, Pleaded guilty For a criminal offense last month.

Under the changes announced Tuesday, FISA applications must be certified by the FBI Director and approved by the Deputy Attorney General and Assistant Attorney General for National Security. The Attorney General finally speaks about the submission of the application.

An FBI agent and FBI attorney who are not involved in the investigation must review all applications for “accuracy and completeness,” both of which must be reported to the Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, and Assistant Attorney General for national security. Findings.

In response to the Inspector General’s report released last December, FBI Director Wray acknowledged the findings and called them “unacceptable” and announced more than 40 corrective measures to revise their methods. Wray said in a statement on Tuesday that it supports additional procedures.

“The additional reforms announced today, in conjunction with the Attorney General’s Office, will strengthen efforts to strengthen the FBI’s Compliance Program,” Wray said. “FISA is an indispensable tool used by the FBI to protect our country from national security threats, and Americans can be assured that the FBI is committed to continuing to strengthen our FISA compliance efforts and to ensuring that our FISA authorities act responsibly.”

A spokesman for the FBI said that the inspector general’s reviews of information contained by the FBI in recent FISA applications have proven to be accurate. A spokesman told CBS News that in addition to creating an internal auditing office, the bureau is looking to seek an external consultant to advise on improving the process of auditing FISA applications.