Valerie E. Caproni

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Today's hearing showed that the FBI broke the law on telephone records privacy and the General Counsel's Office, headed by Valerie Caproni, sanctioned it and must face consequences. I call upon FBI Director Mueller to take immediate action to punish those who violated the rules, including firing them from the agency. This must include the FBI Office of General Counsel, headed by Valerie Caproni, which the IG testified today had approved [the] continued use of exigent letters and provided legal advice that was inconsistent with federal law. Between 2003 and 2006, the FBI improperly obtained personal telephone record information from U.S. telephone companies for more than 5,500 phone numbers, including private details protected by federal law. The IG found that, during this period, much of this information was obtained through the use of so-called exigent letters, which do not exist in the Patriot Act and have no statutory basis whatsoever. In some cases agents sent letters with information known to be false." [9]

Federal judicial service

On November 14, 2012, President Barack Obama nominated Caproni to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, [10] to fill the seat vacated by Judge Richard J. Holwell, who resigned in early 2012. On January 2, 2013, her nomination was returned to the President, due to the sine die adjournment of the Senate. On January 3, 2013, she was renominated to the same office. Her nomination was approved by a voice vote of the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 13, 2013. [11] The Senate confirmed Caproni's nomination by a 73–24 vote on September 9, 2013. [12] She received her commission on December 2, 2013. [2] She assumed senior status on January 7, 2025. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Valerie E. Caproni at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  3. ↑ U.S. Public Records Index Vols 1 & 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010.
  4. ↑ Scott Shane (June 11, 2008). "Elusive Starting Point on Harsh Interrogations". The New York Times . Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved June 12, 2008.
  5. ↑ FBI executive biography, www.fbi.gov, retrieved July 11, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Initial Set of Documents Received from DIA/DOS/FBI". American Civil Liberties Union. October 15, 2004. Archived from the original on November 30, 2006. Retrieved April 27, 2007.
  7. ↑ "A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records – Report by the Oversight and Review Division of the Office of the Inspector General – January 2010" (PDF). United States Oversight and Review Division of the Office of the Inspector General. January 2010. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 7, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  8. ↑ "FBI Broke the Law and General Counsel's Office, Headed by Valerie Caproni, Sanctioned It and Must Face Consequences". United States House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. April 14, 2010. Archived from the original on July 7, 2010. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Northrop Grumman Appoints Valerie Caproni Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Litigation and Investigations". Northrop Grumman Corp. September 19, 2011. Archived from the original on January 2, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate". whitehouse.gov . November 14, 2012. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2012– via National Archives.
  11. ↑ "President Obama Re-nominates Thirty-Three to Federal Judgeships". whitehouse.gov . January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on February 16, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2013– via National Archives.
  12. ↑ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Valerie E. Caproni, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of New York)". www.senate.gov. Retrieved February 16, 2018.
Valerie E. Caproni
Valerie Caproni.jpg
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 7, 2025
Legal offices
Preceded byJudge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
2013–2025		Vacant
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