Intent of Surveillance Key in Senate Bill | Talking Points Memo

You can say this for the Senate intelligence committee’s surveillance bill: it goes to some length to guard against “reverse targeting” — that is, tapping foreigners’ communications into the U.S. when the real intention is to target a U.S. person, thus circumventing warrant requirements. The bill repeatedly bans the “intentional” targeting of U.S. citizens’ communications without warrants.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=179566