Senators Blast CIA Secret Program That's Still Sweeping Up Americans' Data

FRIDAY, FEB 11, 2022 - 04:40 PM

Almost a decade after NSA whistleblower Ed Snowden with the help of journalists Glen Greenwald and Laura Poitras exposed that the National Security Agency had long swept up American citizens' communications in a flagrant and persistent violation of citizens' Fourth Amendment rights, it was revealed late Thursday night that the CIA has long had its own secret domestic spy program that collects American data.

New documents have just been declassified after a Senate inquiry into the data collection program. According to the Associated Press on Friday,"The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans,two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public and Congress."

The senators charged that the secret program has been operating "outside the statutory framework that Congress and the public believe govern this collection" - which also without doubt means mass data collection without any level of court authorization, judicial review, or individual warrants.

Further, the Central Intelligence Agency as the foreign intel collection wing of the federal government is barred from operating on domestic soil or investigating Americans, which remains the purview of the FBI. CIA officers have no legal jurisdiction whatsoever, especially when it comes to US citizens….

The AP further details of the senators' letter that "the CIA’s bulk collection program operates outside of laws passed and reformed by Congress, but under the authority of Executive Order 12333, the document that broadly governs intelligence community activity and was first signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981."…

In a separate follow-up statement,Snowden warned, "The CIA is not your friend. The CIA is not a friend of the United States. The CIA is a friend of power, and power alone."

full article @ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/senators-blast-cia-secret-program-thats-still-sweeping-americans-data

yesterday's Dan/snowed-in - @Snowden clock updated