businesses to counter national-security threats. 15 if it isn’t reauthorized, we trusted the FBI and other agencies to act responsibly in accessing the domestic records of large U.S. When we supported Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which will expire Dec. The court’s reprimand of the FBI’s “unduly lax” treatment of foreign surveillance powers-meant for spies and terrorists-raises equally pressing concerns about its domestic surveillance authority. To keep America safe, does the Federal Bureau of Investigation really need almost unfettered access to Americans’ health records, DNA test results, and even private conversations overheard by digital assistants like Alexa and Siri? News broke earlier this month that the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court had admonished the FBI for illegally spying on Americans tens of thousands of times.
