Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee told intelligence officials Tuesday that a contentious surveillance tool that expires at the end of the year needs more privacy safeguards for Americans.
The hearing Tuesday aired part of the ongoing debate over national security interests and the rights of Americans as the Justice Department pushes to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
That section allows the U.S. government to collect the digital communications of foreigners who are located outside the United States, but the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court found “persistent and widespread” compliance problems with the FBI’s searches under Section 702, according to an order that was unveiled weeks ago.
