"The OIG is again examining the FBI's use of NSLs and Section 215 orders for business records. This review is assessing the FBI's progress in responding to the OIG's recommendations in its first and second reports on the FBI's use of NSLs and its report on the FBI's improper use of exigent letters and other informal means to obtain telephone records."
"A focus of this review is the NSL subsystem, an automated workflow system for NSLs that all FBI field offices and headquarters divisions have been required to use since January 1, 2008, and the effectiveness of the subsystem in reducing or eliminating noncompliance with applicable authorities. The current review is also examining the number of NSLs issued and Section 215 applications filed by the FBI between 2007 and 2009, and any improper or illegal uses of these authorities."
A DOJ Inspector General investigation into FBI use of Section 215 and other PATRIOT Act authorities began in June 2010. A transition to a new IG in June 2013 slowed progress, and the investigation remained ongoing through August 2013. Senator Patrick Leahy requested an IC IG review of Sections 215 and 702 in September 2013, which the IC IG declined. In December 2013 Horowitz said the review was limited by declassification decisions. After 1,403 days an inquiry to the OIG produced no completion date; the OIG's transparency page shows a report focused on 2007–2009 Section 215, NSLs, and pen register use.
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