Citing abuse, opponents on the right and left are threatening a program Biden officals say provides vital intelligence
he last time America’s intelligence agencies asked Congress to renew one of their most controversial surveillance programs, then-President Trump briefly sided with its opponents before backing down at the last minute. Five years later, an unlikely coalition of MAGA loyalists and left-wing civil liberties advocates may deliver on Trump’s initial impulse, and Biden officials are scrambling to save a program they say is vital to U.S. national security.
The full-court press launched by the administration shows just how seriously they take the threat to the program which is set to lapse in December. In a letter sent to Congress earlier Tuesday morning, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines called the reauthorization “a top legislative priority” for the Biden administration and argued that it has “proven invaluable again and again in protecting American lives and U.S.
The NSA routinely shares parts of the raw surveillance data collected under Section 702 with the FBI, CIA, and other national security agencies which can retain them for up to five years. Even though its surveillance has to target foreigners abroad, the program also sweeps up large quantities of communications by Americans, such as calls, emails and text messages.
“If Congress doesn’t act to reauthorize it, and if 702 expires or is watered down, the United States will lose absolutely critical insights that we need to protect the country,” Olsen said.The U.S. intelligence community faces much stronger resistance than it did the last time the program was reauthorized in 2018.
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