17.03.2017 - 17:59 [ Techdirt ]

Once Again, Senator Wyden Wants To Know How Many Americans Are Being Surveilled By The NSA

Last week, Senator Wyden sent a letter to incoming Director of National Intelligence* Dan Coats, once again asking how many Americans are having their communications watched under Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (which, again, is supposed to be used for foreign intelligence, but which we now know is regularly used to do surveillance on Americans).