Congress Making Renewed Push on How Many Calls and Emails Are Swept Up by U.S. Survelliance
Monday, May 9th, 2016 -- 11:11 AM
(AP) -The bulk collection of Americans' telephone records has ended, but calls and emails are still being swept up by U.S. surveillance work targeting foreigners.Congress is making a renewed push to find out just how many calls and emails. Members of the House Judiciary Committee have asked the nation's top intelligence official for the number of Americans' emails and phone calls collected under programs authorized by Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The programs target foreigners, but domestic communications sometimes are vacuumed up, too. Officials have tried to ease concerns, saying any domestic communications collected are "incidental" to the targeting of foreigners. Late last month, National Intelligence Director James Clapper said agencies are reviewing several options for coming up with an estimate, but he didn't offer a timeline.
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