The SAFE Act Is No "Compromise" and Won't Leave Americans Safer
The SAFE Act would undermine Section 702's agility and value as an indispensable foreign intelligence collection tool.
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The SAFE Act would undermine Section 702's agility and value as an indispensable foreign intelligence collection tool.
The GSRA would renew Section 702, but it also mandates a host of changes that impair the agility of Section 702 as an intelligence tool.
Congress should take note that the PCLOB recommendation on FISA Section 702 is misguided and "operationally unworkable."
Congress should reform FISA Section 702 to require a warrant for backdoor searches of Americans' communications.
George W. Croner (@GeorgeCroner) is a 1975 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy (with distinction) and a 1980 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School (with honors). He is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and a member of the Advisory Council at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law (CERL) at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. From 1984 through 1988, while holding the highest security clearance authorized by the U.S. government (TS/SCI), Mr. Croner served in the Operations Division of the Office of General Counsel at the National Security Agency (...