Agents ran random searches in domestic drug and gang investigations, and US Capitol attack by Donald Trump supporters. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON - The FBI frequently abused a restricted database of Americans’ personal communications, looking up the names of crime victims and participants in Black Lives Matter protests and the 2021 Capitol assault, documents released Friday showed.
Although FBI is supposed to tap the NSA database only when investigating a foreign intelligence issue, the court opinions showed they used it casually for domestic cases. The documents were released as Congress debates the renewal of Section 702, a law that allows the NSA to access US-hosted internet accounts to surveil foreign intelligence targets.Intelligence agencies worry that could crimp their activities, but legal rights experts and Democrats said the revelations showed reforms are needed.
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