Expiring Section 702 of FISA Helped US Conclude Russia Hacked Election To Help Trump, NSA Chief Says (reuters.com)

Dustin Volz, reporting for Reuters: A top U.S. intelligence official said Thursday a controversial surveillance law that allows the broad electronic spying of foreigners played a major role in understanding Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election. The statement from Admiral Mike Rogers, the director of the U.S. National Security Agency, may bolster efforts by intelligence agencies to fully preserve the authority, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, before it expires at the end of the year. Privacy advocates have for years said Section 702 allows for excessively broad surveillance, including warrantless access to some American communications, and should be reformed to include new curbs. "I would highlight much, not all, much of what was in the intelligence community's assessment, for example, on the Russian efforts against the U.S. election process in 2016, was informed by knowledge we gained through (Section) 702 authority," Rogers said. Rogers said allowing the statute to expire on Dec. 31, unless Congress votes to reauthorize it, would degrade U.S. intelligence agencies' ability to provide "timely warning and insight" on a variety of criminal and national security threats.

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Re:Fake Headlines normally end with ?

[DaHat]

Anyone can write a headline, it doesn't mean that what it says, or the content it is the title for is real... hence the whole #FakeNews narrative in many a place.

Re: Well that settles it

[Anonymous Coward]

If he is such a bafoon why don't you win the next election and show us how smart you are? What's that? You don't have the brain power to form a strategy capable of winning? Then STFU you bafoon because you are dumber than the orange troll that is the current president.

It's got everything to do with the article

[rsilvergun]

The article is about yet another reveal of links between Trump & Russia, in particular their helping him win the election. My point is it doesn't matter how much evidence you pile on. With the Comey firing the Republican party has show they just plain don't give a shit. They're not expecting to lose anything. And I think they're probably right. Vlad Putin doesn't worry about what people think because he's got a lock on power.

And I'm not trying to stir up trouble. We've already got that. Lots of it.

Re: This is all a moot point

[goose-incarnated]

You might want to find a history book.

You first - Hitler was hard-left and we all saw how that turned out.