A key US government surveillance tool should face new limits, a divided privacy oversight board says
1 year, 6 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 branch, and was made despite the opposition of Biden administration officials who warn that such a requirement could snarl fast-moving terrorism and espionage investigations and weaken national security as a result. The report comes as a White House push to secure the reauthorization of the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is encountering major bipartisan opposition in Congress and during a spate of revelations that FBI employees have periodically mishandled access to a repository of intelligence gathered under the law, violations that have spurred outrage from civil liberties advocates. In a recommendation Thursday that critics say would impose a significant hurdle and mark a dramatic break from the status quo, three members of the board said executive branch agencies, with limited exceptions, should have to get permission from the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to read the results of their database queries on U.S. citizens.

History of this topic

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program
55 years, 3 months ago
Tulsi Gabbard's path to Trump's intelligence chief pick: What you need to know
2 months ago
Tulsi Gabbard’s views on Russia, Syria, Trump and government surveillance — in her own words
2 months ago
Congress Again Fails to Limit Scope of Spy Powers in New Defense Bill
55 years, 3 months ago
White House Unveils New AI Security Guidelines
5 months, 1 week ago
Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers
55 years, 3 months ago
Top FBI Official Urges Agents to Use Warrantless Wiretaps on US Soil
55 years, 3 months ago
The Next US President Will Have Troubling New Surveillance Powers
55 years, 3 months ago
Biden signs bill extending a key US surveillance program after divisions nearly forced it to lapse
11 months, 1 week ago
Senate Passes Renewal Of Controversial Surveillance Law
11 months, 1 week ago
Biden signs bill extending key U.S. surveillance program after divisions nearly forced it to lapse
11 months, 1 week ago
Controversial surveillance law reauthorized by Senate hours before deadline
11 months, 1 week 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'
11 months, 1 week ago
Senate advances renewal of key US surveillance program as detractors seek changes
11 months, 2 weeks ago
US Senate to Vote on a Wiretap Bill That Critics Call ‘Stasi-Like’
55 years, 3 months ago
House passes reauthorization of key US surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes
11 months, 2 weeks ago
House passes reauthorization of U.S. surveillance program after days of upheaval over changes
11 months, 2 weeks ago
'Confused' Trump may have accidentally struck a win for American civil liberties: analyst
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Johnson Draws Ire Of Pro-Privacy Faction Ahead Of Surveillance Law Vote
11 months, 3 weeks ago
House to take up bill to reauthorize crucial US spy program as expiration date looms
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Opinion: Before the feds surveil Americans for Gaza protests, rein in warrantless spying
1 year, 1 month ago
The U.S. Government’s Most Powerful Spying Tool Is Fighting for Its Life
1 year, 3 months ago
FBI chief calls for renewal of spy program to ensure public safety
1 year, 3 months ago
FBI chief makes fresh pitch for spy program renewal and says it’d be ‘devastating’ if it lapsed
1 year, 3 months ago
A Civil Rights Firestorm Erupts Around a Looming Surveillance Power Grab
55 years, 3 months ago
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
U.S. Spying Law Threatens Privacy, Needs Restrictions, Watchdog Says
1 year, 6 months ago
Top US Spies Meet With Privacy Experts Over Surveillance ‘Crown Jewel’
55 years, 3 months ago
The FBI should face new limits on its use of US foreign spy data, a key intelligence board says
1 year, 8 months ago
US Spies Are Lobbying Congress to Save a Phone Surveillance ‘Loophole’
55 years, 3 months ago
New report claims US intelligence agencies are buying Americans’ personal data
1 year, 9 months ago
Surveillance has caught hackers and fentanyl smugglers, White House says in promoting spying law
1 year, 9 months ago
Democrats and Republicans are skeptical of US spying practices, an AP-NORC poll finds
1 year, 9 months ago
FBI Routinely Accessed Americans' Private Communications: Report
1 year, 10 months ago
Congress’ anger at FBI shapes surveillance program’s future
1 year, 11 months ago
Opinion: How could a 21-year-old leak national security data without the Pentagon knowing?
1 year, 11 months ago
Lawmaker says FBI wrongly sought surveillance info about him
2 years ago
Lawmaker says FBI wrongly sought surveillance info about him
2 years ago
Why Biden Wants to Keep the Law That Allows NSA Mass Surveillance, and Republicans Want to Kill It
2 years, 1 month ago
US officials make case for renewing FISA surveillance powers
2 years, 1 month ago
US officials make case for renewal of surveillance powers
2 years, 1 month ago
The FBI’s Most Controversial Surveillance Tool Is Under Threat
55 years, 3 months ago
NSA director pushes Congress to renew surveillance powers
2 years, 2 months ago
White House and EU reach agreement on trans-Atlantic data sharing
3 years ago
Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data
3 years, 1 month ago
Senators: CIA has secret program that collects American data
3 years, 1 month ago
Despite hacks, US not seeking widened domestic surveillance
4 years ago
Trump’s purge of defense agencies comes at a vulnerable time for U.S. national security
4 years, 4 months ago
US Senate blocks attempt to stop FBI accessing Americans’ browsing history without a warrant
4 years, 10 months ago

Discover Related