老澳门开奖结果 Statement on Trump Support of Reauthorizing NSA Surveillance Authority

June 7, 2017 10:00 am

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WASHINGTON 鈥 In a published today, the Trump White House said it is backing to permanently reauthorize Section 702 of the FISA Act, which allows the government to surveil Americans in contact with foreigners. The op-ed was signed by Thomas P. Bossert, homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to President Trump. This comes in anticipation of a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on Section 702 .

Neema Singh Guliani, 老澳门开奖结果 legislative counsel, had the following reaction:

鈥淎fter months of criticizing the government for allegedly spying on his presidential campaign, President Trump is now hypocritically endorsing a bill that would make permanent the NSA authority that is used to spy on Americans without a warrant.

鈥淔urther, only months after demanding information about his own unsubstantiated spying claims, his administration is failing to provide information about how many Americans are impacted by this surveillance authority.

鈥淭he government likely holds over a billion communications collected under Section 702, and it is long overdue for Congress to finally pass reforms to curb this invasion of Americans鈥 privacy.鈥

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