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Just declassified: US senator caught up in Section 702 FBI surveillance dragnet (www.theregister.com)
submitted 2 years ago by L4s to c/technology
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Just declassified: US senator caught up in Section 702 FBI surveillance dragnet::Still, judge finds 'reason to believe' Feds are getting better at not abusing snooping powers

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[–] rigatti 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No mention of who they actually are and why the FBI was surveiling them?

[–] ozymandias117 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was collected as part of a dragnet - they weren’t surveilling them specifically. The FBI just attempts to illegally surveil US citizens, breaking the Fourth Amendment.

This time, it just happened to hit a senator

[–] AFKBRBChocolate 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Although the one using the SSN looks like a flat out abuse of power.

It looks like at least one of the other ones was trying to protect the senator, not actually target them.

[–] ozymandias117 6 points 2 years ago

Every dragnet is a flat out abuse of power, but you’re right the SSN went farther