FBI boss: Congress must renew Section 702 spy powers – that's how we get nearly all our cyber intel
"Those of you who know me know that I'm not the kind of guy that is prone to overstatement," he added."So when I say it's vital, it's not helpful, it's not important: it's vital."
Wray didn't mention the flipside of Section 702: the FBI has routinely abused this snooping power, according to previously classified court opinions released this summer.more than 278,000 times between 2020 and early 2021 to conduct searches on George Floyd protesters, January 6 rioters who stormed the Capitol, and donors to a Congressional campaign, according to one of the court opinions.
Despite a full-court PR campaign from law enforcement, lawmakers have indicated that they are unlikely to reauthorize Section 702 without] to US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in which he gave that same 97 percent figure to underline"the value of Section 702 to protect Americans and the Homeland."Also during the keynote address, Wray called out the threat posed by China building a huge AI-powered system to drive cyberattacks.
"It's got a bigger hacking program than that of every major nation combined, and it has stolen more of our personal and corporate data than every nation big or small, combined," Wray said, repeating thePlus, the fact that China has amassed all of this information belonging to US businesses and ordinary folks means it poses"double" the threat when it comes toChina"has already spent years stealing both our innovation and massive troves of data that turns out to be...
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