The Biden administration released an advisory board’s recommended safeguards for a warrantless surveillance program Monday, as the government pushes this year to convince skeptical members of Congress to reauthorize what it considers a key national security tool.
The report from the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board found complacency, a lack of proper procedures and a high volume of activity under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act led to the FBI’s “inappropriate use” of the authority to search for information about people in the United States.
But the board report also defended the program for its ability to uncover threats and said jettisoning the program over “compliance errors” would be a grave mistake. Section 702 expires at the end of the year.
