Conservative radio host Mark Levin said back in March that the FISA court should be abolished if judges on the court can't be held accountable.
"It’s time to abolish the FISA court. It’s time to create a new, a counter-intelligence-related court. It should not consist of existing federal judges. They should be confirmed, not for life terms, but for given terms. The FBI and the Justice Department, when they go into that court, should not be alone any more. There ought to be an office within the federal government that’s there to ensure that civil liberties are protected," Levin said.
On Saturday, the FBI released the surveillance warrant issued for Carter Page, a former campaign adviser for Donald Trump. The 400 page warrant is heavily redacted and marks the first public disclosure of a highly sensitive FISA request. The warrant stated law enforcement officials believed Page was targeted by the Russian government to be used as an agent.
Levin and other conservatives have criticized the Justice Department for its failure to disclose the ties between the so-called "Steele dossier" and the Hillary Clinton campaign to the FISA judge. The Steele dossier is a compilation of opposition research on Trump compiled by former MI6 agent Christopher Steele for Fusion GPS, which at the time was employed on the behalf of the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee. The dossier was used, in part, as justification for why the Justice Department sought a warrant to surveil Page.
"I want to underscore something tonight, Sean," Levin told Fox News host Sean Hannity. "These federal judges sitting on this FISA court act like they have no role in this. They were abused. The court was abused. The court was misled. People should be held to account."
The Washington Free Beacon employed Fusion GPS for political opposition research during the presidential primary campaign but had no involvement in the Steele dossier. For more information, see here.