02.07.2014 - 06:56 [ Techdirt ]

Transparency Report From Office Of The Director Of National Intelligence Shows Government Issuing 50 NSLs Per Day

The figure that first stands out is related to the Section 702 program. As defined in intelspeak, the 702 program:

facilitates the acquisition of foreign intelligence information concerning non-U.S. persons located outside the United States, creating a new, more streamlined procedure to collect the communications of foreign terrorists.

In plain English, the Section 702 program does this:

[The] collection done under Section 702 captures content of communications. This could include content in emails, instant messages, Facebook messages, web browsing history, and more.