President Trump's pick to lead the intelligence community is one of the most vulnerable nominees.
Gabbard said reforms made to a controversial surveillance law known as FISA Section 702 have allayed some of her past criticisms. She called it a 'unique security tool and capability that is essential for our national security' and said 'there are a number of areas that we would be blind from a national security perspective, without this capability.' In Congress, Gabbard tried to repeal controversial law, which was first authorized in 2008. U.S.
government's warrantless collection of communications of targeted foreign individuals overseas. It does not allow U.S. citizens to be targeted, but their communications are swept up when they are in contact with a targeted foreigner. According to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, FBI searches of U.S. citizens' electronic data significantly dropped in recent years, from about 3 million in 2021 to about 57,000 in 2023.
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