Tulsi Gabbard, President-elect Trump's nominee for Director of National Intelligence, is defending the use of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial program she previously criticized while in Congress. Gabbard argues that Section 702 is crucial for gathering foreign intelligence and must be maintained, despite concerns about its potential to violate Americans' civil liberties.
she once opposed while in Congress, while still pledging to “uphold Americans’ Fourth Amendment right” against warrantless searches of their communications.
One Republican aide snarked to The Post that Gabbard’s about-face “sounds like a hostage statement,” as she prepares to be grilled by security-minded Senate lawmakers. Sen. Tom Cotton , who is chairing the Intelligence Committee that will consider Gabbard’s nomination, told Punchbowl in a statement that the Hawaiian “assured” him in private meetings “she will follow the law and support its reauthorization as DNI.”Section 702 of FISA allows the FBI to obtain emails, text messages and other data from potential foreign terrorists — but can also nab US citizens’ communications with the targets.
However, critics note that American citizens can be exposed to the same searches if they communicated with targets of an investigation.
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