“Secret FISA Court Ruling on US Spy Powers Hidden by Trump Administration, Senators Say” — what this page in the network covers. Two US senators are accusing the Trump administration of illegally withholding a secret court ruling about how the government spies on Americans, even as it pushes Congress to renew the nation’s most sweeping surveillance program. The lawmakers say the decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillan
The lawmakers say the decision by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) is being kept from the public and from Congress, undermining oversight of the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The program, which expires at the end of the year, allows intelligence agencies to collect communications of foreigners overseas without a warrant, but it also sweeps in the communications of Americans who are in contact with those targets. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.