A "clean renewal" would not have affected the problematic portions of the FISA legislation, which are not up for renewal, but the renewable sections are leverage to get the problems fixed.
Of course, penalties for lying to the FISA court should be at least as severe as for lying to any other court.
But nothing is going to happen to anyone associated with this, including those that lied to the FISA court. Comey was let go even though he leaked FBI material to the press, Peter Struck and Page were let go even though they obstructed justice. Brennan and Clapper are the next to get passes. No way 20+year Career CIA and NSA heads roll on this one.
A "clean renewal" would not have affected the problematic portions of the FISA legislation, which are not up for renewal, but the renewable sections are leverage to get the problems fixed.
Of course, penalties for lying to the FISA court should be at least as severe as for lying to any other court.
But nothing is going to happen to anyone associated with this, including those that lied to the FISA court. Comey was let go even though he leaked FBI material to the press, Peter Struck and Page were let go even though they obstructed justice. Brennan and Clapper are the next to get passes. No way 20+year Career CIA and NSA heads roll on this one.