Members of the House Judiciary Committee sound off off what could be months of fiery debates over one of the US ’s mostcontroversial warrantless surveillanceprograms this hebdomad . In thehearingThursday titled , “ FIX FISA , ” lawgiver from both sides of the political aisle voiced concerns over the ordered series of US citizen data “ routinely collected ” underSection 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act . Civil liberties groups are pressure lawgiver to let the controversial program die when it comes up for a reauthorization vote at the end of the year .
expert witnesses testifying at the hearing were unable to provide lawmakers with concrete shape or even rough estimates on the full amount of US user information “ incidentally ” sop up up during alien surveillance operations . The attestator — and most lawgiver salute — uniformly agreed that the controversial programme lacked sufficient oversight and transparence . The Representatives were less united , however on whether or not the program could be improved through reforms or needed to be abandoned altogether .
“ The warrantless collection of the data should give Americans pause , ” New York Representative Jerry Nadler said during the hearing . “ Section 702 has been a threat to civic liberty for years . ”
Michael Horowitz, Department of Justice Inspector General, testifies during the House Judiciary Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee hearing on FISAPhoto: Mariam Zuhaib (AP)
Here are six of the central takeaways from the hearing .
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