Bloomberg Law
June 25, 2020, 3:58 PM UTCUpdated: June 25, 2020, 7:11 PM UTC

Government Use of Surveillance Tools Draws Fire at Forum (1)

Julia Weng
Reporter

Procedural issues around foreign intelligence gathering may impinge on people’s civil liberties, national security policy analysts and former officials told a U.S. government board.

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) heard from panelists at a forum on how the government uses authorities under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s (FISA), and proposed changes. The PCLOB, an executive branch body, advises the president on privacy and oversees U.S. surveillance activities.

The Wednesday forum followed a recent Department of Justice Inspector General memorandum on frequent FISA application errors by the FBI.

FISA, initially passed in 1978, grew out of congressional investigations ...

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