US senator caught in Section 702 FBI surveillance dragnet
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Still, judge finds 'reason to believe' Feds are getting better at not abusing snooping powers

Just declassified: US senator caught up in Section 702 FBI surveillance dragnet::Still, judge finds ‘reason to believe’ Feds are getting better at not abusing snooping powers

  • ozymandias117@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    1 year ago

    It was collected as part of a dragnet - they weren’t surveilling them specifically. The FBI just attempts to illegally surveil US citizens, breaking the Fourth Amendment.

    This time, it just happened to hit a senator

    • AFK BRB Chocolate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Although the one using the SSN looks like a flat out abuse of power.

      It looks like at least one of the other ones was trying to protect the senator, not actually target them.