FBI Access To NSA Surveillance Data Expands In Recent Years

Posted by timothy on Monday January 12, 2015 @05:59AM from the simply-shocked dept.

itwbennett writes The FBI's access to email and other data collected from overseas targets in the NSA's Prism program has been growing since 2008, according to a 2012 U.S. Department of Justice inspector general's report declassified last Friday by the DOJ in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the New York Times. Here are some of the milestones mentioned in the report: In 2008, the FBI began reviewing email accounts targeted by the NSA through the Prism program. In October 2009, the FBI requested that information collected under the Prism program be 'dual routed' to both the NSA and the FBI so that the FBI 'could retain this data for analysis and dissemination in intelligence reports.' And in April 2012, the FBI began nominating email addresses and phone numbers that the NSA should target in it surveillance program, according to the document.

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FBI also does counter intelligence by LordZardoz · 2015-01-12 06:24 · Score: 3, Informative

The FBI has counter intelligence responsibilities (ie, dealing with foreign spies in the US), and some portion of related counter terrorism responsibilities, so they do have a legit need for the data.
While this does not exclude the possibility of general misuse of the data by the FBI, it is worth keeping in mind.
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