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| DATE | 2023-08-11 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Section 702 an agregous sin
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Opinion | Time’s Up for the FBI to Reform Itself
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Congress can demand major changes in exchange for reauthorizing
Section 702 of FISA.
A remarkable aspect of this debate is how Congress and the
American people are asked to accept assurances of reform from
the Federal Bureau of Investigations despite 204,000 previous
violations of our civil rights (“The Wrong Way to Punish the
FBI,” Review & Outlook, Aug. 5). FBI Director Christopher Wray
claims that improved internal controls have reduced the
probability of these violations. But without true
accountability—actual penalties for those who failed to uphold
their duty—it seems dubious that the FBI can be trusted.
We shouldn’t accept the boilerplate “mistakes were made”
explanation from the FBI and its allies. Absent real
consequences for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act abuse,
Republicans in Congress should return a small measure of civil
rights and privacy to Americans by allowing Section 702 to
expire.
Mark Amidon
Bremerton, Wash.
Noting that Section 702 of FISA has been improperly used against
Americans by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, your editorial
warns Congress not to endanger the homeland by killing this
statute in a fit of pique. But Congress has another choice. It
can demand reforms in exchange for reauthorizing the statute.
There is bipartisan cooperation on legislation to stop the
wholesale purchase of data about Americans by government
agencies. There is also cooperation to rein in other abuses by,
for example, requiring a court order before the FBI can paw
through billions of pieces of private information about
Americans held by intelligence agencies as a result of dragnet
searches.
The current trends in abuse of privacy are alarming. Congress
must take the opportunity to extract major reforms. Section 702
will fail to be reauthorized only if the champions of the
intelligence community dig in, reject common-sense reforms and
kill it by their intransigence.
Bob Goodlatte
Roanoke, Va.
Mr. Goodlatte, a senior adviser to the Project for Privacy and
Surveillance Accountability, was chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee 2013-19.
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