RAPID DNA ACT OF 2017–Continued
(Senate - January 17, 2018)
Yes, section 702 has a whole host of safeguards built in to protect Americans' privacy, and this bill adds more still. If the FBI wants to
review information collected under 702 on a U.S. person for a criminal investigation that is not related to national security or foreign
intelligence, it has to get a court order based on probable cause, even though the Constitution does not require it. Or if the FBI wants to
query 702 information, it can do so only under FISA Court-approved guidelines. Finally, just to make sure the FBI is following the law,
this bill requires the DOJ inspector general to check up on the FBI's compliance and report back to Congress.
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Let's remember, after all, that last year there were two terrorist
attacks against New York City within 6
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weeks, not to mention a Christmas Eve plot against Pier 39 in San Francisco that was disrupted.
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