The FBI’s Most Controversial Surveillance Tool Is Under Threat
55 years, 2 months ago

The FBI’s Most Controversial Surveillance Tool Is Under Threat

Wired  

An existential fight over the US government’s ability to spy on its own citizens is brewing in Congress. New details about the FBI’s failures to comply with restrictions on the use of foreign intelligence for domestic crimes have emerged at a perilous time for the US intelligence community. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the so-called crown jewel of US intelligence, grants the government the ability to intercept the electronic communications of overseas targets who are unprotected by the Fourth Amendment. Central to this tension has been a routine audit by the Department of Justice’s national security division and the office of the director of national intelligence —America’s “top spy”—which unearthed new examples of the FBI failing to comply with rules limiting access to intelligence ostensibly gathered to protect US national security. At some point between December 2019 and May 2020, FBI personnel conducted searches of FISA data using “only the name of a US congressman,” the report says, a query that investigators later found was “noncompliant” with legal procedures.

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Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program
55 years, 2 months ago

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Wired  

Former US congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s ascendance to director of national intelligence last month signaled a major shift in views toward government surveillance at the highest rung of the US intelligence community. Now, some of the nation’s premier civil liberties organizations have begun lobbying America’s “top spy” to follow through on a pledge to bring about new levels of oversight and …

How Trump’s government-cutting moves risk exposing the CIA’s secrets
3 weeks, 5 days ago

How Trump’s government-cutting moves risk exposing the CIA’s secrets

CNN  

Washington CNN — The CIA is conducting a formal review to assess any potential damage from an unclassified email sent to the White House in early February that identified for possible layoffs some officers by first name and last initial and could’ve exposed the roles of people working undercover, a source familiar with the matter told CNN. “They now assume …

Tulsi Gabbard's path to Trump's intelligence chief pick: What you need to know
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tulsi Gabbard's path to Trump's intelligence chief pick: What you need to know

India Today  

WASHINGTON: As an unconventional pick to lead the nation’s intelligence service, Tulsi Gabbard is expected to face tough questions about her past comments on Syria, Russia, foreign surveillance and President Donald Trump when she goes before lawmakers at her confirmation hearing Thursday. In a 2019 interview on MSNBC, she said, “Assad is not the enemy of the United States because …

Busted: Tulsi Gabbard attacked surveillance reforms she now claims to support
2 months, 1 week ago

Busted: Tulsi Gabbard attacked surveillance reforms she now claims to support

Raw Story  

Former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard faces a major obstacle to getting confirmed as President-elect Donald Trump's director of national intelligence: numerous senators in both parties are worried about her longtime opposition to Section 702, the program that authorizes the intelligence community to monitor and gather electronic communications to intercept national security threats. Pressed on the matter by reporters last week, …

Congress Again Fails to Limit Scope of Spy Powers in New Defense Bill
55 years, 2 months ago

Congress Again Fails to Limit Scope of Spy Powers in New Defense Bill

Wired  

The US Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act on Wednesday after congressional leaders earlier this month stripped the bill of provisions designed to safeguard against excessive government surveillance. The Senate’s 85–14 vote cements a major expansion of a controversial US surveillance program, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Legal experts began issuing warnings last winter over Congress’s …

Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers
55 years, 2 months ago

Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers

Wired  

Last month, US president Joe Biden signed a surveillance bill enhancing the National Security Agency’s power to compel US businesses to wiretap communications going in and out of the country. In April, Congress rushed to extend the US intelligence system’s “crown jewel,” Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. In a letter to the top officials, more than 20 …

Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US Soil
55 years, 2 months ago

Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US Soil

Wired  

A top FBI official is encouraging employees to continue to investigate Americans using a warrantless foreign surveillance program in an effort to justify the bureau’s spy powers, according to an internal email obtained by WIRED. Obtained by WIRED, an April 20 email authored by FBI deputy director Paul Abbate to employees states: “To continue to demonstrate why tools like this …

The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
55 years, 2 months ago

The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers

Wired  

The ability of the United States to intercept and store Americans’ text messages, calls, and emails in pursuit of foreign intelligence was not only extended but enhanced over the weekend in ways likely to remain enigmatic to the public for years to come. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, allows the US National Security Agency and …

Biden signs bill extending a key US surveillance program after divisions nearly forced it to lapse
11 months ago

Biden signs bill extending a key US surveillance program after divisions nearly forced it to lapse

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation reauthorizing a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse. “All day long, we persisted and we persisted in trying to reach a breakthrough and in the end, we have succeeded.” …

Senate Passes Renewal Of Controversial Surveillance Law
11 months ago

Senate Passes Renewal Of Controversial Surveillance Law

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Senate reauthorized an anti-terrorism surveillance law just after midnight Friday, overcoming objections from lawmakers worried the revamp did not do enough to protect Americans’ privacy. Civil liberties advocates warned that a technical amendment made in the House vastly expanded the scope of the law to new electronic communication service providers. Rep. Mike Turner, the chairman of …

Biden signs bill extending key U.S. surveillance program after divisions nearly forced it to lapse
11 months ago

Biden signs bill extending key U.S. surveillance program after divisions nearly forced it to lapse

LA Times  

“If you miss a key piece of intelligence, you may miss some event overseas or put troops in harm’s way,” said Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee. “All day long, we persisted and we persisted in trying to reach a breakthrough, and in the end, we have succeeded.” U.S. officials have said the …

Controversial surveillance law reauthorized by Senate hours before deadline
11 months ago

Controversial surveillance law reauthorized by Senate hours before deadline

Salon  

The Senate passed reauthorization of the controversial surveillance law known as FISA just hours before a midnight expiration deadline Friday. It’s an important part of our national security toolkit and helps law enforcement stop terrorist attacks, drug trafficking, and violent extremism," Schumer said of the 60-34 vote. “I thank all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for …

Could the U.S. be attacked this weekend? Critical 'spy tool' that stops terrorists will run out at MIDNIGHT as privacy-minded senators demand more safeguards against FBI's 'power grab'
11 months ago

Could the U.S. be attacked this weekend? Critical 'spy tool' that stops terrorists will run out at MIDNIGHT as privacy-minded senators demand more safeguards against FBI's 'power grab'

Daily Mail  

A key intelligence tool used to surveil terrorists is set to expire after a Saturday midnight deadline. The Senate looks poised to blow through the April 19 deadline to pass legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority, and now 'America will go blind,' according to Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner. 'We will go blind on April 20,' …

Senate advances renewal of key US surveillance program as detractors seek changes
11 months ago

Senate advances renewal of key US surveillance program as detractors seek changes

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Senate advanced legislation Thursday that would reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance tool as lawmakers and the Biden administration rushed to tamp down fresh concerns about the program violating Americans’ civil liberties. The bipartisan legislation would reform and extend a section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act known as Section 702, which U.S. officials say is vital to …

Big Tech Says Spy Bill Turns Its Workers Into Informants
55 years, 2 months ago

Big Tech Says Spy Bill Turns Its Workers Into Informants

Wired  

A trade organization representing some of the world’s largest information technology companies—Google, Amazon, IBM, and Microsoft among them—say its members are voicing strong opposition to ongoing efforts by the Biden administration to dramatically expand a key US government surveillance authority. Legal experts argue the provision could enable the government to conscript virtually anyone with access to facilities or equipment housing …

US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
55 years, 2 months ago

US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’

Wired  

The United States Senate is poised to vote on legislation this week that, for the next two years at least, could dramatically expand the number of businesses that the US government can force to eavesdrop on Americans without a warrant. Some of the nation’s top legal experts on a controversial US spy program argue that the legislation, known as the …

What is FISA? US House passes controversial surveillance bill despite Donald Trump's plea to 'kill it'
11 months, 1 week ago

What is FISA? US House passes controversial surveillance bill despite Donald Trump's plea to 'kill it'

Hindustan Times  

The House voted Friday to reauthorize and reform a key U.S. government surveillance tool following a dramatic showdown on the floor over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data. The legislation approved Friday would permit the U.S. government to collect, without a warrant, the communications of non-Americans located outside the country to …

House passes reauthorization of U.S. surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes
11 months, 1 week ago

House passes reauthorization of U.S. surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes

LA Times  

House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill this week as other GOP members of Congress stand behind him. The House passed a bill Friday to reauthorize and provide sweeping reforms of a key U.S. government surveillance tool, without including broad restrictions on how the FBI uses this crucial program to search for Americans’ data. House …

'Confused' Trump may have accidentally struck a win for American civil liberties: analyst
11 months, 1 week ago

'Confused' Trump may have accidentally struck a win for American civil liberties: analyst

Raw Story  

An ongoing false claim from former President Donald Trump about the Russia investigation may have had the unintended consequence of dismantling a longstanding surveillance program that was a threat to American civil liberties, analyst Hayes Brown wrote for MSNBC on Thursday. Specifically, Trump's "Spygate" claims that his campaign was illegally snooped on by federal authorities led him to demand the …

House to take up bill to reauthorize crucial US spy program as expiration date looms
11 months, 2 weeks ago

House to take up bill to reauthorize crucial US spy program as expiration date looms

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House is set to consider a bill next week that would reauthorize a surveillance program that U.S. officials consider vital to national security but that critics say raises privacy concerns. Though the prospect for passage is uncertain because of scrambled political alliances and deep resistance from civil liberties advocates, senior administration officials said in a call with …

Opinion: Before the feds surveil Americans for Gaza protests, rein in warrantless spying
1 year, 1 month ago

Opinion: Before the feds surveil Americans for Gaza protests, rein in warrantless spying

LA Times  

In the United States, a political leader’s disagreement with the views of a protest movement does not give the government license to investigate those protesters. While Section 702 requires that surveillance is targeted at foreigners overseas, in practice large quantities of the communications that Americans exchange with people abroad are also swept up and stored for future investigations. If the …

The U.S. Government’s Most Powerful Spying Tool Is Fighting for Its Life
1 year, 3 months ago

The U.S. Government’s Most Powerful Spying Tool Is Fighting for Its Life

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration’s efforts to renew legislation that allows the U.S. to track the electronic communications of terrorists, spies and hackers overseas is facing an uphill battle amid increasing opposition from some members of both political parties and a looming end-of-year deadline. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is among the most powerful tools wielded by U.S. spy …

FBI chief calls for renewal of spy program to ensure public safety
1 year, 3 months ago

FBI chief calls for renewal of spy program to ensure public safety

Hindustan Times  

FBI Director Christopher Wray called Tuesday for the reauthorization of a U.S. government surveillance tool set to expire at the end of the year, warning Senate lawmakers that there would be “devastating” consequences for public safety if the program is allowed to lapse. The fact that Wray devoted a significant portion of his prepared remarks to the Senate Judiciary Committee …

FBI chief makes fresh pitch for spy program renewal and says it’d be ‘devastating’ if it lapsed
1 year, 3 months ago

FBI chief makes fresh pitch for spy program renewal and says it’d be ‘devastating’ if it lapsed

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — FBI Director Christopher Wray called Tuesday for the reauthorization of a U.S. government surveillance tool set to expire at the end of the year, warning Senate lawmakers that there would be “devastating” consequences for public safety if the program is allowed to lapse. You haven’t changed.” He added, “We have no reason to trust you because you haven’t …

A key US spy tool will lapse at year’s end unless Congress and the White House can cut a deal
1 year, 4 months ago

A key US spy tool will lapse at year’s end unless Congress and the White House can cut a deal

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With less than two months until the end of the year, the Biden administration is running out of time to win the reauthorization of a spy program it says is vital to preventing terrorism, catching spies and disrupting cyberattacks. “Just imagine if some foreign terrorist organization overseas shifts its intentions and directs an operative here who’d been contingency …

U.S. Spying Law Threatens Privacy, Needs Restrictions, Watchdog Says
1 year, 5 months ago

U.S. Spying Law Threatens Privacy, Needs Restrictions, Watchdog Says

Live Mint  

WASHINGTON—A sharply divided U.S. government panel has recommended Congress impose substantial restrictions on a powerful spying program that collects vast amounts of intercepted emails, texts and other electronic data, arguing the tool threatens Americans’ privacy. In a 3-2 split, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, a bipartisan government watchdog comprised of presidentially appointed surveillance law experts, said the program—which …

A key US government surveillance tool should face new limits, a divided privacy oversight board says
1 year, 5 months ago

A key US government surveillance tool should face new limits, a divided privacy oversight board says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal spy agencies should be required to get court approval before reviewing the communications of U.S. citizens collected through a secretive foreign surveillance program, a sharply divided privacy oversight board recommended on Thursday. The recommendation came in a report from a three-member Democratic majority of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent agency within the executive …

Top US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance ‘Crown Jewel’
55 years, 2 months ago

Top US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance ‘Crown Jewel’

Wired  

Senior United States intelligence officials met privately in Virginia yesterday with over a dozen civil liberties groups to field concerns about domestic surveillance operations that have drawn intense scrutiny this summer among an unlikely coalition of Democratic and Republican lawmakers in the US Congress. Republican lawmakers, who remain aggrieved over the FBI’s botched operation to surveil a former Trump campaign …

The FBI should face new limits on its use of US foreign spy data, a key intelligence board says
1 year, 7 months ago

The FBI should face new limits on its use of US foreign spy data, a key intelligence board says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The FBI should stop using a U.S. spy database of foreigners’ emails and other communications for investigating crimes that aren’t related to national security, a group of White House intelligence advisers recommended in a report released Monday. The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board’s findings come as the White House pushes Congress to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence …

US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’
55 years, 2 months ago

US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’

Wired  

An effort by United States lawmakers to prevent government agencies from domestically tracking citizens without a search warrant is facing opposition internally from one of its largest intelligence services. Republican and Democratic aides familiar with ongoing defense-spending negotiations in Congress say officials at the National Security Agency have approached lawmakers charged with its oversight about opposing an amendment that would …

FBI wrongly searched for US senator and state senator in Section 702 spy data, court says
1 year, 8 months ago

FBI wrongly searched for US senator and state senator in Section 702 spy data, court says

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy FBI employees wrongly searched foreign …

FBI wrongly searched for US senator and state senator in Section 702 spy data, court says
1 year, 8 months ago

FBI wrongly searched for US senator and state senator in Section 702 spy data, court says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — FBI employees wrongly searched foreign surveillance data for the last names of a U.S. senator and a state senator, according to a court opinion released Friday. But many Democratic and Republican lawmakers say they won’t vote to renew Section 702 when it expires at this year’s end without major changes targeting how the FBI uses foreign surveillance data …

New report claims US intelligence agencies are buying Americans’ personal data
1 year, 9 months ago

New report claims US intelligence agencies are buying Americans’ personal data

The Independent  

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Surveillance has caught hackers and fentanyl smugglers, White House says in promoting spying law
1 year, 9 months ago

Surveillance has caught hackers and fentanyl smugglers, White House says in promoting spying law

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has used electronic surveillance programs to catch fentanyl smugglers and the hackers who temporarily shut down a major U.S. fuel pipeline, the White House said Tuesday as part of its push to have those programs renewed by Congress. While U.S. spy agencies are barred from targeting U.S. citizens or businesses, they can search Americans’ names in …

Democrats and Republicans are skeptical of US spying practices, an AP-NORC poll finds
1 year, 9 months ago

Democrats and Republicans are skeptical of US spying practices, an AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As it pushes to renew a cornerstone law that authorizes major surveillance programs, the Biden administration faces an American public that’s broadly skeptical of common intelligence practices and of the need to sacrifice civil liberties for security. Section 702 authorizes U.S. spy agencies to collect large amounts of foreign communications for intelligence purposes ranging from stopping spies to …

Surveillance still a concern 10 years after Snowden leaks
1 year, 9 months ago

Surveillance still a concern 10 years after Snowden leaks

China Daily  

A placard supporting Snowden is held aloft in Washington in October 2013. "We hack network backbones — like huge internet routers, basically — that give us access to the communications of hundreds of thousands of computers without having to hack every single one," he said. The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the warrantless telephone dragnet that …

FBI Routinely Accessed Americans' Private Communications: Report
1 year, 10 months ago

FBI Routinely Accessed Americans' Private Communications: Report

News 18  

The FBI frequently abused a restricted database of Americans’ personal communications, looking up the names of crime victims and participants in Black Lives Matter protests and the 2021 Capitol assault, documents released Friday showed. The documents were released as Congress debates the renewal of Section 702, a law that allows the NSA to access US-hosted internet accounts to surveil foreign …

FBI broke rules in scouring foreign intelligence on Jan. 6 riot, racial justice protests, court says
1 year, 10 months ago

FBI broke rules in scouring foreign intelligence on Jan. 6 riot, racial justice protests, court says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — FBI officials repeatedly violated their own standards when they searched a vast repository of foreign intelligence for information related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and racial justice protests in 2020, according to a heavily blacked-out court order released Friday. The violations were detailed in a secret court order issued last year by the …

Durham report takeaways: A ‘seriously flawed’ Russia investigation and its lasting impact on the FBI
1 year, 10 months ago

Durham report takeaways: A ‘seriously flawed’ Russia investigation and its lasting impact on the FBI

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Bungled applications to eavesdrop on a former aide of then-candidate Donald Trump. A 306-page report by Justice Department special counsel John Durham is refocusing negative attention on one of the most politically significant investigations in FBI history: the probe into whether Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was conspiring with Russia to tip the outcome of the election. A ‘SERIOUSLY …

Congress’ anger at FBI shapes surveillance program’s future
1 year, 10 months ago

Congress’ anger at FBI shapes surveillance program’s future

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Growing anger at the FBI from both parties in Congress has become a major hurdle for U.S. intelligence agencies fighting to keep their vast powers to collect foreign communications that often sweep up the phone calls and emails of Americans. Many blame problems with how the FBI’s special agents search for U.S. citizens using Section 702 — along …

Stunning leak arrest spotlights major ongoing US intelligence vulnerabilities
1 year, 11 months ago

Stunning leak arrest spotlights major ongoing US intelligence vulnerabilities

CNN  

CNN — When FBI tactical agents wielding assault rifles confronted Robert Hanssen one Sunday evening in 2001, the most dangerous spy in US history was finally put out of service. As in the similar case of former CIA officer Aldrich Ames, who had been arrested by the FBI seven years earlier after similarly passing secrets for years that led to …

Lawmaker says FBI wrongly sought surveillance info about him
2 years ago

Lawmaker says FBI wrongly sought surveillance info about him

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A Republican lawmaker on Thursday accused the FBI of wrongly searching for his name in foreign surveillance data, underscoring the challenges ahead for U.S. officials trying to persuade Congress to renew their authorities to collect huge swaths of communications. The White House and U.S. intelligence officials are pressing Congress to renew Section 702, which expires at this year’s …

Lawmaker says FBI wrongly sought surveillance info about him
2 years ago

Lawmaker says FBI wrongly sought surveillance info about him

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The White House and U.S. intelligence officials are pressing Congress to renew Section 702, …

Why Biden Wants to Keep the Law That Allows NSA Mass Surveillance, and Republicans Want to Kill It
2 years ago

Why Biden Wants to Keep the Law That Allows NSA Mass Surveillance, and Republicans Want to Kill It

Slate  

A debate is erupting in Congress over whether to renew or repeal a law that officials say is vital to combating terrorism, cybercrime, and disruptive foreign espionage—but that others decry as a violation of Americans’ civil liberties. A key passage, the essence of Section 702, noted that “electronic surveillance” of an American would not be illegal—would not even be defined …

US officials make case for renewing FISA surveillance powers
2 years ago

US officials make case for renewing FISA surveillance powers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Biden administration officials urged Congress on Tuesday to renew a surveillance program the government has long seen as vital in protecting national security but whose future is uncertain because of scrutiny from an unusual alignment of civil liberties advocates and some Republicans. “As of today, I don’t accept the claim that Americans’ privacy is adequately protected under the …

US officials make case for renewal of surveillance powers
2 years ago

US officials make case for renewal of surveillance powers

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The program, which is under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance …

NSA director pushes Congress to renew surveillance powers
2 years, 2 months ago

NSA director pushes Congress to renew surveillance powers

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A top U.S. intelligence official on Thursday urged Congress to renew sweeping powers granted to American spy agencies to surveil and examine communications, saying they were critical to stopping terrorism, cyberattacks and other threats. The remarks by Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency, opened what’s expected to be a contentious debate over provisions of …

Trump allies accused FBI of planting evidence because there's 'no innocent explanation' for what he did: legal expert
2 years, 7 months ago

Trump allies accused FBI of planting evidence because there's 'no innocent explanation' for what he did: legal expert

Raw Story  

Allies of former President Donald Trump accused the Federal Bureau of Investigation of "planting" evidence during their search of his Mar-a-Lago resort, even before the FBI revealed any of the evidence they had gathered. In light of revelations that the FBI was searching for nuclear documents and other highly sensitive intelligence at Mar-a-Lago, University of Michigan Law Professor and MSNBC …

Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data
3 years, 1 month ago

Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. Wyden and Heinrich said the program operated “outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection.” There have long been concerns about what information the intelligence community collects domestically, driven in part …

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