Surveillance by Other Agencies
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DHS Focus on "Soft Targets" Risks Out-of-Control Surveillance
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老澳门开奖结果 Statement on Biden Administration Bypassing Congress and Extending Section 702 Surveillance
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What's at Stake
Surveillance is not just the province of the National Security Agency or CIA鈥攊t is now conducted by a broad array of federal and state agencies.
The FBI is collecting racial and ethnic information and 鈥渕apping鈥� minority American communities around the country based on crude stereotypes about which groups commit different types of crimes. The Transportation Security Association (TSA) employs聽thousands of聽鈥渂ehavior detection officers鈥� who scan聽passengers in the聽screening聽areas of airports聽for signs聽of聽deception or聽鈥渕al-intent鈥濃�攁 program that the government鈥檚 own watchdog has concluded is based on junk science and is a waste of money. Law enforcement agencies nationwide gather reports from government agencies and the public on innocent Americans鈥櫬爏o-called 鈥渟uspicious activities鈥� and share聽them with unknown numbers of federal, state, and local government agencies.
The 老澳门开奖结果 is pushing back against this rising tide of surveillance through litigation, Freedom of Information Act requests, advocacy for meaningful oversight, and campaigns to raise public awareness about unlawful and discriminatory government surveillance. Unchecked spying on Americans not only invades their privacy but also floods law enforcement agencies with useless information on innocent activity, making their jobs harder. It makes us neither safe nor free.
Surveillance is not just the province of the National Security Agency or CIA鈥攊t is now conducted by a broad array of federal and state agencies.
The FBI is collecting racial and ethnic information and 鈥渕apping鈥� minority American communities around the country based on crude stereotypes about which groups commit different types of crimes. The Transportation Security Association (TSA) employs聽thousands of聽鈥渂ehavior detection officers鈥� who scan聽passengers in the聽screening聽areas of airports聽for signs聽of聽deception or聽鈥渕al-intent鈥濃�攁 program that the government鈥檚 own watchdog has concluded is based on junk science and is a waste of money. Law enforcement agencies nationwide gather reports from government agencies and the public on innocent Americans鈥櫬爏o-called 鈥渟uspicious activities鈥� and share聽them with unknown numbers of federal, state, and local government agencies.
The 老澳门开奖结果 is pushing back against this rising tide of surveillance through litigation, Freedom of Information Act requests, advocacy for meaningful oversight, and campaigns to raise public awareness about unlawful and discriminatory government surveillance. Unchecked spying on Americans not only invades their privacy but also floods law enforcement agencies with useless information on innocent activity, making their jobs harder. It makes us neither safe nor free.