In 2014, the FBI official who supervised the FBIās Section 215 warrantless phone surveillance program warned then-Director James Comey that it was massively ineffective, but Comey took no action. Retired Special Agent Bassem Youssef, the chief of the FBIās Communications Analysis Unit, told The Hill that in August 2014, he met with Comey , who […]
Secret Text in Senate Bill Would Give FBI Warrantless Access to Email Records
May 27, 2016 by
A provision snuck into the still-secret text of the Senateās annual intelligence authorization would give the FBI the ability to demand individualsā email data and possibly web-surfing history from their service providers without a warrant and in complete secrecy. If passed, the change would expand the reach of the FBIās already highly controversial national security […]