U.S. lawmakers to introduce bill to reform internet surveillance
Source: Reuters
October 4, 2017 / 4:06 PM
(Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would overhaul aspects of the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program in an effort to install additional privacy protections.
The bill, which will be formally introduced as soon as Thursday, is likely to revive debate in Washington over the balance between security and privacy, amid concerns among some lawmakers in both parties that the U.S. government may be too eager to spy on its own citizens.
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Senior U.S. intelligence officials, who briefed reporters last week on their use of the law, consider Section 702 to be among the most vital tools they have to thwart threats to national security and American allies.
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But the program, classified details of which were exposed in 2013 by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, also incidentally scoops up communications of Americans for a variety of technical reasons, including if they communicate with a foreign target living overseas. Those communications can then be subject to searches without a warrant by the FBI.
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But then when it was used against the GOP and their Russian accomplices, suddenly they are interested in reforming the law.
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