03-04-2020, 10:10 AM
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sen-mike...rveillance
Sen. Lee on FISA reforms:
"...1) End the Call Detail Records Program. The intelligence agencies shut down the program due to over-collection and basically have admitted that it cannot work in its current form.
2) Increase oversight of FISA applications. Current law requires the FISC to appoint an independent party (amicus) to provide oversight of FISA application only when there it involves a novel or significant interpretation of law. The FISC should be mandated to appoint an amicus in all cases involving any “sensitive investigative matter” such as the activities of a candidate and their staff, elected officials, political organizations or religious organizations. The amicus should advocate for the privacy and civil liberties of the person targeted. This provision would ensure that what happened to Carter Page can never happen again.
3) Force agencies to be fully honest with the FISC. Government agencies submitting a FISA application should be required to provide all information in their possession as part of the application, including any exculpatory evidence.
4) Strengthen protections on First Amendment activities. Law enforcement agencies are currently not allowed to seek surveillance on Americans based “solely” on their First Amendment activities. This standard should be raised to “significantly.”
5) Require a showing of probable cause. It should show that a known U.S. person is an agent of a foreign power or has been or will soon be involved in an act of terrorism or in clandestine intelligence activities in violation of the law for Section 215 warrants...."
Sen. Lee on FISA reforms:
"...1) End the Call Detail Records Program. The intelligence agencies shut down the program due to over-collection and basically have admitted that it cannot work in its current form.
2) Increase oversight of FISA applications. Current law requires the FISC to appoint an independent party (amicus) to provide oversight of FISA application only when there it involves a novel or significant interpretation of law. The FISC should be mandated to appoint an amicus in all cases involving any “sensitive investigative matter” such as the activities of a candidate and their staff, elected officials, political organizations or religious organizations. The amicus should advocate for the privacy and civil liberties of the person targeted. This provision would ensure that what happened to Carter Page can never happen again.
3) Force agencies to be fully honest with the FISC. Government agencies submitting a FISA application should be required to provide all information in their possession as part of the application, including any exculpatory evidence.
4) Strengthen protections on First Amendment activities. Law enforcement agencies are currently not allowed to seek surveillance on Americans based “solely” on their First Amendment activities. This standard should be raised to “significantly.”
5) Require a showing of probable cause. It should show that a known U.S. person is an agent of a foreign power or has been or will soon be involved in an act of terrorism or in clandestine intelligence activities in violation of the law for Section 215 warrants...."