NACDL - Coalition Letter to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board on 702 Backdoor Searches (June 2014)

Coalition Letter to Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board on 702 Backdoor Searches (June 2014)

We urge the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board to follow the House’s lead and to recommend that backdoor searches under section 702 be prohibited. Such access should be granted only when the government has obtained an order from the FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act] Court upon a showing of probable cause that the U.S. person whose communications are sought is an agent of a foreign power.