A top U.S. intelligence official on Thursday urged Congress to renew sweeping powers granted to American spy agencies to surveil and examine communications, saying they were critical to stopping terrorism, cyberattacks and other threats.
The remarks by Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, director of the National Security Agency, opened what's expected to be a contentious debate over provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that expire at year's end. The bipartisan consensus in favor of expanded surveillance powers in the years after Sept. 11 has given way to increased skepticism, especially among some Republicans who believe spy agencies used those powers to undermine former President Donald Trump.
Nakasone argued the law"plays an outsize role in protecting the nation" and generates"some of the U.S. government's most valuable intelligence on our most challenging targets."He gave several broad examples of that work, including the discovery of attempts to steal sensitive U.S. technology, stopping the transfer of weapons components, preventing cyberattacks, and"understanding the strategic intentions" of China and Russia.
Cindy Cohn, executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said Congress had created an effective"national security exception to the U.S. Constitution." "We've got to have a discussion within our own caucus, but I feel good about the groundwork we've laid," said Rep. Mike Gallagher, a Wisconsin Republican who will lead the House's new select committee on China, in an interview this week."There's serious and legitimate concern. And so part of the process of getting renewal is to put in place reform that gives people confidence that there won't be abuses in the future.
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