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As heated debate continues over possible changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is poised to expire later this month, we wanted to provide some perspective...
A report from a board tasked with overseeing the protection of civil liberties of Americans amid anti-terrorism efforts has caused a stir among the White House, Congress and even the board itself as it evaluates the prospect of renewing America’s warrantless spy program. The nearly 300-page report from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) released Thursday…
In a report about an expiring law that has generated intense debate in Congress, a government panel split over requiring court permission to view Americans’ communications.
The civil liberties board on Thursday urged Congress to renew the government's top snooping tool, which scoops up communications from thousands of targets, saying that even with all of its flaws, the program has sniffed out serious terrorist threats to the U.S.
An independent watchdog agency that investigates the nation’s security programs unanimously urged Congress in a report made public Thursday to reauthorize an expiring and much-debated law that allows warrantless surveillance of targeted foreigners even when they are communicating with or about Americans.