Section 702
If Congress Wants to Protect Section 702, It Needs to Rein in the FBI
Jeff Kosseff Thu, Feb 9, 2023, 8:31 AM
Section 702 is vital to national security. That’s why Congress must stop the FBI’s overreach.
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Cross-Border Data
Privacy Shield 2.0 —Third Time’s the Charm?
Raffaela Wakeman Thu, May 19, 2022, 8:01 AM
What commitments has the United States made in the recent Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework? And will those reforms be enough to pass muster when this next agreement goes before the Court of Justice for the European Union?
FISA Reform
The Inspector General’s Disturbing FISA Memo
Benjamin Wittes Tue, Mar 31, 2020, 8:34 PM
It appears that the facts presented in a lot of FISA applications are not reliable.
fisa court
Office of the Director of National Intelligence Releases Section 702 Documents and Opinions
Mikhaila Fogel Tue, Oct 8, 2019, 3:58 PM
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released partially redacted documents related to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court’s (FISC) authorization of the 2018 certifications under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The FISC initially approved most parts of the certification, but ruled that other aspects of the FBI protocols concerning information regarding U.S. persons were inadequate.
Executive Order 12333
What Does ‘Collection’ Mean? Discretion and Confusion in the Intelligence Community
Diana Lee, Paulina Perlin Wed, Jul 17, 2019, 8:13 AM
Just before John Brennan ended his term as director of the CIA in 2017, his agency issued a new set of guidelines under Executive Order (EO) 12333, the general charter that governs the intelligence community. Entitled “Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Activities: Procedures Approved by the Attorney General Pursuant to Executive Order 12333,” the guidelines received little attention.
Section 702
Can NSA Drop "About" Collection Without Gutting "To/From" Collection?
Robert Chesney Fri, Apr 28, 2017, 4:29 PM
The mystery as to why there was no Section 702 application or certification reported for 2016 has now been solved (I'm assuming readers know today's big 702 news, flagged by Quinta here, and as explored in detail by Charlie Savage in this article): NSA has been struggling to resolve a problem with "about" collection under the Upstream heading, including in particular a problem with analysts quering the fruits of that c