Retain Section 702 surveillance as an essential tool
What the document says“Section 702 should be understood as an essential tool in the fight against terrorism, malicious cyber actors, and Chinese espionage.”
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the targeting of non-US persons abroad when their communications pass through the United States. The chapter says it provides much of the intelligence in the President's Daily Brief and that an independent oversight board found it was not abused, while asking Congress to review that board's report to determine whether reforms are needed. It separately criticizes the handling of the Carter Page applications and asks for reforms against partisan abuse.
What the document actually says“Section 702 should be understood as an essential tool in the fight against terrorism, malicious cyber actors, and Chinese espionage.”
This power should be kept. It helps fight terror, hackers and Chinese spying.
One law lets spies watch people abroad. Some of those messages pass through America. The book says that power should be kept. It also says past abuses should be fixed.
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