Single-Member Surveillance Watchdog Backs 702 Powers, Raising Independence Questions

Single-member surveillance watchdog backs 702 powers, raising independence questions

A staff report from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board praises the value of Section 702 of FISA, though all but one of the board’s members ...

A new report on section 702 of FISA from the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board

The Privacy and Civil Liberties Protection Board (PCLOB) has just released a comprehensive staff report on section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Since Congress must reauthorize section 702 or let it die this month, the report could hardly be more timely. And its conclusions make a strong case for reauthorizing the provision. The report reaffirms the value of section 702 intelligence, including queries seeking informat…