Senators Say Trump Admin Is Illegally Sitting On Secret Court Ruling About Warrantless Spying

Senators, rights groups say Trump administration breaking law by withholding surveillance court opinion

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has lapsed, but another decision on its future nears, and the classified opinion could be decisive.

Senators Say Trump Admin Is Illegally Sitting On Secret Court Ruling About Warrantless Spying

Senators Say Trump Admin Is Illegally Sitting On Secret Court Ruling About Warrantless Spying Democrat Senators Ron Wyden and Adam Schiff say the Trump administration is illegally withholding a secret surveillance-court ruling that faulted how intelligence analysts search Americans' messages, while pressing Congress to renew the program the ruling covers. The two lawmakers laid out the charge in a demand letter first reported by WIRED. The Forei…

The US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on Americans

Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.

Secret U.S. Court Rulings on Government Spying on Americans Hidden from Public

Two Democratic senators who have long overseen the U.S. intelligence community say the Trump administration is illegally withholding secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court findings from Congress while lawmakers consider whether to renew a surveillance program that allows federal agents to access Americans’ communications without a warrant. Senators demand disclosure of surveillance ruling Seven months ago, [...]