For five years, the federal government answered questions about its secret monitoring of lawful gun buyers with redactions, litigation and carefully worded policy changes. On Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel finally gave the public a direct answer.
It took one word.
During a September 15 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the FBI, Sen. Ted Cruz questioned Patel about the government’s use of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System to monitor firearm purchases.
“GOA discovered a secret FBI program called NICS Monitoring, used to track firearm purchases of Americans who were legally eligible to buy a gun but were suspected of a crime. Is that right?” Cruz asked.
“Yes,” Patel replied.
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