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Post by avordvet on Jun 9, 2017 5:00:23 GMT -5
Trump backs permanent snooping powers he once criticized as abusiveBy Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times, Wednesday, June 7, 2017 Just months after President Trump complained about being spied on by the Obama administration, his administration is embracing a full permanent extension of the secret snooping powers the government used to track conversations between his campaign aides and Russian operatives. Mr. Trump’s intelligence and counterterrorism team said Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has saved hundreds of lives by preventing terrorist attacks and insisted — despite Mr. Trump’s claimed experiences — that the law is not being abused. “Simply put, the use of this authority has helped save lives,” Thomas P. Bossert, President Trump’s top counterterrorism adviser, wrote in an op-ed in The New York Times, announcing support for a bill introduced this week making the snooping powers permanent. Without congressional action, Section 702 is set to expire on Dec. 31. m.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/7/trump-backs-permanent-snooping-powers-intelligence/
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