I have long said, the FISA Application that was released to the public (by Mueller/Weissman in 2018) is NOT the same as the FISA Application that sits at the DOJ-NSD/FISC.
I told John Durham in August 2020 I suspected the publicly released FISA was NOT the same as the one with the court.
[*Initial and first renewal had FISC stamps (March 17, 2017). The second and third renewals did not have FISC stamps at all when released.]
Former Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein said during Senate hearing (Ted Cruz question), he did not release the FISA; the special counsel team did. They held authority over DOJ/FBI on all things Russiagate.
When Mueller/Weissmann released the FISA application, July 2018 (it was part of a set of timed releases including the Warner texts) under the ridiculous auspices of releasing a Top Secret TSCI document to fulfill a FOIA request…. the first ever in history of the IC… few people stopped to ask why was this ok’d to release?
They had to release the FISA because it was already public (Warner/Wolfe illegal leak), and the underpinning of several outcomes of evidence for the Mueller indictments (fruit of the poisonous tree). But there were some aspects Mueller/Weissmann could not risk in the release.
The FBI and later Mueller/Weissmann, had used the surveillance warrant to gather evidence and surveillance on a lot of people, including Flynn, Manafort, Phares and Papadopoulos.
Maintaining the warrant (willfully blind to the truth) was also why FBI leadership never wanted agents to interview Page until after the second renewal.
[SOURCE]
FBI leadership refused to allow agents to interview Carter Page.
The FBI eventually interviewed Carter Page on March 9, 10, 16, 30 and 31.
Despite the interviews, the FBI renewed the FISA application against Carter Page on April 2nd, 2017.
Despite the FISA application accusing Carter Page of being “an agent of a foreign government,” Carter Page was never charged with any criminal conduct, including FARA violations.
Carter Page was simply the tool for the FBI to conduct full Title-1 surveillance against President Donald Trump and his campaign/administration officials.