I was listening to Lawfare and they had an interview wi to Matthew Olsen, the Assistant Attorney General of the National Security Division at the U.S. Department of Justice claiming that section 702 is absolutely critical for reauthorizarion and that all sorts of reforms have taken place and the problems we heard about aren’t. Now of course it’s possible the FBI instilled better controls since then but I remain highly skeptical. I’m glad there’s serious opposition against the intelligence community here. Too much of their signals collection is rubber stamped and there seems to be little pushback. Honestly, I’m surprised at how Wray was kept on by Biden considering this was squarely all on his watch.
