Posted on 12/02/2023 7:42:38 PM PST by 11th_VA
Wyden: NSA Must Answer Whether it is Buying Americans’ Location Data and Web Browsing Records Before New Director Is Confirmed
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced he will place a hold on the nomination of Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to serve as director of the National Security Agency (NSA) until the NSA discloses whether it is buying Americans’ location data and web browsing records.
In a statement placed in the Congressional record this afternoon, Wyden said the Defense Department has refused to make public important information about purchases of Americans’ personal data — information that the government has already acknowledged is not classified.
“The American people have a right to know whether the NSA is conducting warrantless domestic surveillance of Americans in a manner that circumvents the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution,” he said, in a statement placed in the Congressional Record. “Particularly as Congress is currently debating extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Congress must be able to have an informed public debate about the scope of the NSA’s warrantless surveillance of Americans.” ...
(Excerpt) Read more at wyden.senate.gov ...
We will not be free until we are no longer spied upon.
We need to shut down spying from goobermint, foreign goobermints, corporations.
Penny zero. Problem solved.
No, he has always been good on this issue.
“Penny zero.”
Please explain.
Amazingly, no. Thirty years ago, Wyden would’ve been on the lunatic fringe of the Democrat party; today, he’s the best they got.
The Biden WH....citing “privacy loopholes” has been sidestepping the Fourth Amendment
<><>Biden is paying AT&T for surveillance
<><>Biden’s fed/state/local l/e apparatus gets warrant-less access to private phone conversations
<><>Biden gets phone records of Americans who are not even suspected of a crime. Biden goes way beyond the NSA’s official metadata collection program.
Initiated by Obama, this secret dragnet surveillance program (formerly known as Hemisphere and now dubbed Data Analytical Services) uses its association with the White House to sidestep a vast array of privacy and transparency laws.Biden’s “mass surveillance” is one of the major keys globalists rely on to enforce its current and future mandates.
NOTE: This is not unlike the level of surveillance
conducted in the Soviet Union and E. Germany in years past.
The Obama/Biden construct, however, is lightyears more invasive and broad based.
Once again, the govt is aligning itself against we, the people, in order
to carry out spying and other rights violations against US citizens.
HAPPENING NOW-—A bipartisan group of senators is quietly trying to renew Section 702 of FISA for 12 more years by slipping it into a “must-pass” defense bill.... the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)..... which is set to expire on Dec 31.
REFERENCE-—Section 702 is a key provision of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 that permits the government to conduct targeted surveillance of foreign persons located outside the United States, with the compelled assistance of electronic communication service providers, to acquire foreign intelligence information.
call Congress NOW
MESSAGE-—DO NOT renew 702. Let it expire December 31st, PERIOD. It expires if they do nothing, which is exactly what they need to do.
702 is the most abused section of The Patriot Act (*spit*), allowing the secret spy court (FISA) to allow unlimited spying on anyone the DOJ (FBI) wants without telling anyone. They created giant databases of everything electronic on everyone, and individual agents can go into them and track ex-wives, their neghbors, Presidents (Trump), their families, friends, anyone.
The whole Russia Colusion Hoax was so they could spy on Trump, using 702.
Call them now!
(202) 224-3121
Tell them your state and zip, they’ll connect you.
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Call Congress NOW
(202) 224-3121
Tell them your state and zip, they’ll connect you.
MESSAGE -— 54 Bipartisan Lawmakers Urge Speaker Johnson
Not to Slip “Deep State Surveillance Authorization” in Defense Bill
Congress should strip funding from the censorship group, NewsGuard, in the latest National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) since it received a $750,000 taxpayer-funded grant from the Department of Defense.
If a govt organization is suspected of having political bias, that’s unconstitutional.
The US government cannot support that w/ tax dollars.
And this: a very pertinent point regarding the “outsourcing of censorship.”
NDAA SECTION 1532 “That which government is
constitutionally prohibited from doing, it cannot
contract with others to do.”
Congress must make sure that Section 1532 is preserved in the final version of the NDAA.
Zero their budget.
Wyden’s full statement for the Congressional Record follows:
Mr. WYDEN. Madam President, I must regretfully object to the promotion of Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh to the grade of general, and consequently, to be the Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and Commander of U.S. Cyber Command.
In January of 2021, I made public an unclassified memo I received from the Defense Intelligence Agency revealing that it was purchasing, retaining, and using location data revealing the movements of Americans. After receiving that information, I pressed the Department of Defense to identify which other agencies within the Department are buying Americans’ personal data, including location data and web browsing records.
The Department provided me with that information in March of 2021, but marked the information “Controlled Unclassified Information” (CUI) — a made-up designation with no basis in law. The Administration is abusing the C-U-I designation to keep this unclassified information from the American public. In May of 2021, I wrote to Secretary of Defense Austin to urge him to remove the restrictions on that information, so that the American people can be told which agencies are buying their information without court oversight, and so that Congress can conduct appropriate oversight. In August of 2021, I received a response letter from the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, declining to clear the information for public release.
In connection with Lt. Gen. Haugh’s pending promotion to lead the NSA, I narrowed my request. I asked that the American people simply be provided yes or no answers as to whether the NSA is buying their location data and web browsing records. Unfortunately, intelligence officials have been unwilling to release even that basic information.
The American people have a right to know whether the NSA is conducting warrantless domestic surveillance of Americans in a manner that circumvents the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. Particularly as Congress is currently debating extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Congress must be able to have an informed public debate about the scope of the NSA’s warrantless surveillance of Americans.
Until the NSA publicly releases the information described above, I must object to the Senate proceeding with the Haugh nomination.
This is the one thing that left-wing extremist is good for, privacy issues.
washingtonexaminer.com
Another senator holds up a key national security nominee, and it’s not Tuberville
by Samantha-Jo Roth, Congressional Reporter, December 01, 2023Sen.
Ron Wyden (D-OR), a key member of the Intelligence Committee, pledged to block a vote confirming President Joe Biden’s pick to lead the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command until he is provided more information about a controversial surveillance practice.
Lt. Gen. Timothy Haugh’s nomination had already been blocked since it was sent to the full chamber in July as a result of Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s (R-AL) hold on all military nominations. Haugh currently serves as deputy commander of U.S. Cyber Command.
Wyden announced he will object to Haugh’s nomination until the Defense Department releases information publicly that acknowledges whether the spy agency bought location data and web browsing records of U.S. citizens, information the senator said he had previously received in 2021.
“The American people have a right to know whether the NSA is conducting warrantless domestic surveillance of Americans in a manner that circumvents the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution,” he said in a statement.
Wyden’s statement comes after Tuberville signaled he may be ready to drop his nearly 10-month blockade of military promotions as soon as next week as many Senate Republicans have attempted to find an off-ramp for months, and patience is wearing thin. It also comes as congressional leaders are working to find a path forward on the renewal of a major foreign spying tool of the federal government. A short-term extension of the program will expire at the end of the year.
Wyden, the longtime privacy hawk, introduced legislation early last month that would close loopholes that allow data brokers to sell consumer data to law enforcement and federal agencies.
An official at the Department of Defense said they are “aware” of Wyden’s hold.
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER
“The Department looks forward to working with Senator Wyden to address his concerns. This position plays a critical role in keeping our country safe, and we look forward to working with the Senate to confirm LTG Haugh, someone with deep experience and knowledge of cyber security, as soon as possible,” the official said in a statement.
Wyden’s action means Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of the NSA and Cyber Command, will continue to serve, although his term is already up.
why would they ever need to buy such data??
the NSA has access to ALL the data from ALL the commercial cell phone towers.
that’s all they need to triangulate every cell phone in real-time.
Good info, thanks.
This stuff MUST be stopped.
bttt
bttt
Even if 702 expires, they will carry on, blissfully unaccountable.
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