.FBI officials used a controversial surveillance program to search for information “using only the name of a US congressman,” drawing a rebuke from RepLaHood, a GOP lawmaker who was targeted. LaHood confronted FBI Director Wray about the incident.
“I have had the opportunity to review the classified summary of this violation and it is my opinion that the member of Congress that was wrongfully queried multiple times solely by his name was in fact me,” said Rep. Darin LaHood , who sits on the House Intelligence Committee.
The Section 702 program authorizes the bulk collection of electronic communications data for intelligence officials to use as a database to search for foreign targets. Named for the provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that authorized the surveillance, this program has emerged as one of the most controversial U.S.
“We have now seen a 93% decrease, year over year ... in the number of U.S. person queries made by the FBI,” Wray told LaHood. “So, it's a dramatic increase in the judiciousness with which our people are running their queries.” House Intelligence Committee leaders seem inclined to use the controversy to ease the passage of a modified version of the program. LaHood has drawn the assignment of leading a “working group on FISA reforms” that could influence negotiations about the extension of the program.
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