New NSA Guidelines Allow the Use of Intercepted Info Against US Citizens --- great news! zionists beware!
On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 8:21:32 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > http://sputniknews.com/military/20150205/1017793059.html < > http://sputniknews.com/military/20150205/1017793059.html > > > > > > > > New NSA Guidelines Allow the Use of Intercepted Info Against US Citizens > > > > The report <http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/ppd-28/2015/overviewoutlines > some reforms that have been implemented and others proposed since Edward > Snowden’s revelations about NSA spying jump-started a worldwide debate > about the US government’s intelligence operations. The catalog of > surveillance policy modifications was released to mark the one-year > anniversary of President Obama’s 2014 speech calling for surveillance > reform. > > > > Among those guidelines is a provision specifying how information collected > under Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA) can > be used. As the name suggests, this intelligence gathering operation is > directed at foreign intelligence targets, and cannot, by law, be used to > intentionally target a US citizen. > > However, there have been “legitimate questions” about “incidental > collection,” explained Robert Litt, the General Counsel for the Office of > the Director of National Intelligence, speaking at the Brookings Institute > on Wednesday. > > > > “We are inevitably going to collect the communications of some US persons > either because they’re talking to our foreign targets or in some limited > circumstances because we cannot technically separate the communications > we’re looking for from others”, Litt explained. > > > > "I don’t know that there’s any case in which information actually > collected under Section 702 has been used [against a US citizen]," said > Robert Litt, General Counsel for the Office of the Director of National > Intelligence. > > > > While all the bodies that might access such information — like the CIA or > the FBI — will develop different procedures tailored to their agencies, > Litt said that “all of the procedures will ensure that information about US > persons incidentally collected pursuant to section 702 is only made > available to analysts and agents when it’s appropriate.” > > > > “Appropriate” could still mean in a court case involving a US person, > however, if the case is “related to national security or for certain other > enumerated serious crimes, and only when the Attorney General approves, ” > Litt explained. > > > > Those “serious crimes” include “crimes involving death, kidnapping, > substantial bodily harm, conduct that is a specified offense against a > minor (as defined in a particular statute) incapacitation or destruction of > critical infrastructure, or the legitimate privacy interests of other > persons around the world.” > > > > Past Intel Use Unclear > > > > This statement raised questions among reporters as to what the policy had > been before these reforms and to what extent information ostensibly aimed > at foreign targets had actually been used against US citizens. > > > > Litt explained that there had previously been a strong incentive to not > introduce such “incidental” intelligence, since it would mean disclosing > operations the US wasn’t publicly discussing in the past. > > > > “If you use the intelligence information in a criminal case you have to > expose the capability, you have to litigate it, ” said Litt, adding that he > couldn’t name any such case. > > > > “There have been very very few cases in which — I don’t know that there’s > any case in which information actually collected under Section 702 has been > used. And I think there have not even been that many cases in which > information derived from collection under 702 has been used.” > > > > While these reform guidelines are meant to restrict intelligence > gathering, in this instance, it may do the opposite. > > > > “What this does ensure is that, going forward — now that the 702 program > is public — is that some of those constraints would be lessened,” said > Litt, repeating that “We’re only going to use it in the most serious kind > of cases.” > > > > This provision is one of three pertaining to incidental collection under > Section 702 < > http://icontherecord.tumblr.com/ppd-28/2015/privacy-civil-liberties#section-702. > > The other two outline new, stricter procedures for querying the > information, and requirements to delete information on US person that has > been found to lack foreign intelligence value. > > > > > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "beowulf" <[email protected] <javascript:>> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcjN0ODk2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0MjMxNzgxNjA-> > > > > [image: Yahoo! 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