FBI shuts FISA internal watchdog as Section 702 surveillance program expands

The FBI eliminates its internal oversight office responsible for auditing Section 702 compliance — the office that had previously caught thousands of unauthorized queries of Americans' communications in FISA databases. The closure occurs as the Justice Department announces expanded use of Section 702 collection for criminal investigations beyond its original foreign intelligence purpose. Civil liberties groups call it a "double blow" — removing the watchdog while expanding the authority it was meant to police. Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee request emergency briefings.