The secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) has officially appointed Jennifer Daskal, a key architect of the Biden administration’s shredded “Disinformation Governance Board,” as a legal advisor.
The woman who helped design the very apparatus meant to police your speech is now whispering in the ears of the judges who sign off on secret spy warrants.
Daskal isn’t just a bit player. While serving as acting principal deputy general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), she was the one holding the pen. Daskal:
- Drafted the charter for the infamous Disinformation Governance Board.
- Hand-picked Nina Jankowicz, the ‘Mary Poppins of disinformation,’ to lead the effort.
The Disinformation Governance Board is a state-sanctioned censorship tool, often referred to as the “Ministry of Truth” (a nod to George Orwell’s 1984).
The board’s mandate focused on “disinformation” regarding the 2020 election, COVID-19 origins, and border security—areas where the administration sought to control the narrative.
According to a report from the Washington Free Beacon, the presiding judges of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review quietly appointed Jennifer Daskal to serve as an amicus curiae on February 1, a powerful role that allows her to advise judges on complex legal matters tied to foreign surveillance warrants.
This is no minor procedural assignment.
Amici before the FISA Court are granted privileged access to some of the most sensitive legal arguments related to U.S. intelligence-gathering operations conducted under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, including cases involving surveillance authorities that operate almost entirely outside public scrutiny.
Now, Republicans are warning that Daskal’s past involvement in a federal speech-monitoring regime makes her appointment to a role connected to secret surveillance authorities deeply troubling.
“The American people need to have confidence in the people tasked to serve as amici before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley told the Washington Free Beacon.
Senator Eric Schmitt, who previously grilled Daskal during a 2022 hearing telling her, “You ought to be ashamed of your role in this,” took to X to blast the appointment:
“The presiding judges of the FISA Court just appointed Jennifer Daskal to advise the secretive court. She helped create the Biden Admin’s Disinformation Governance Board. Insane. Yet another reason for reform.”
The presiding judges of the FISA Court just appointed Jennifer Daskal to advise the secretive court. She helped create the Biden Admin’s Disinformation Governance Board.
Insane.
Yet another reason for reform. pic.twitter.com/oyO5E5EFWB
— Eric Schmitt (@Eric_Schmitt) February 17, 2026
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