Category: section 702

Judge rules FBI, NSA broke the law or court orders with data collection

Post author By Randall
Post date September 5, 2020
Categories In fbi, fisa, gear, Internet, Mobile, News, nsa, Privacy, section 702, surveillance, Tech

[ad_1] That last query was the result of a flawed system, an FBI official said in a briefing. Info appeared in a “preview pane” in such a way that workers were searching without realizing they were sifting through data they weren’t supposed to see. The FBI took steps to prevent that from happening again, the […]

Court says data swept up by the NSA is protected by the Fourth Amendment

Post author By Randall
Post date December 18, 2019
Categories In appeals, civil rights, crime, fisa, fourth amendment, gear, Internet, law, nsa, Politics, prism, Privacy, section 702, Security, surveillance, Tech

[ad_1] Government attorneys had argued that the Constitution didn’t address the use of private email and phone call data. The US had charged Hasbajrami in 2011 with providing material support to a terrorist group in Pakistan, and the suspect initially pleaded guilty to one of the charges after his counsel told him that there were […]

FBI use of NSA’s electronic surveillance data was illegal

Post author By Randall
Post date October 8, 2019
Categories In americans, constitution, court, database, fbi, foreign intelligence surveillance act, foreign intelligence surveillance court, fourth amendment, gear, intelligence, Politics, prism, Privacy, ruling, search, section 702, section702, Security, surveillance, Tech, tomorrow, us, violated

[ad_1] The NSA database included both “upstream” and “downstream” (better known as PRISM) surveillance of electronic communications collected without a warrant under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In some cases, the database swept up info about American citizens. The FISA court, under U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, found tens of thousands […]