Obama Administration Held 22 Briefings For Congress On Key FISA Law

Twenty-two separate briefings were held with members of congress on PRISM, the NSA’s email monitoring program.

According to [an administration] official, the sessions that took place over the course of 14 months starting in October 2011 touched on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act, which gives the attorney general and director of national intelligence the authority to gather intelligence on non-U.S. citizens for up to one year. Section 702 has been cited by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper as the legal basis for the NSA’s PRISM program, which has allowed the government to track email communication data.

By: William

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