Electronic Surveillance Under Scrutiny as Trump Targets Left Wing Groups as “Domestic Terrorists”
Bipartisan opposition to warrantless surveillance law swells with exposure of FBI abuses
FEW NATIONAL SECURITY DEBATES HAVE RILED UP AMERICANS more than the permission Congress has given the government to eavesdrop on their private emails and phone calls. The legislation that gave these intrusive powers to the likes of the NSA and the FBI is up for renewal later this spring, and signs are that it will face a bumpy road to passage by Congress.
The issue has taken on additional freight because President Trump has ordered the departments of Justice, Homeland Security, Treasury and the IRS to explicitly target left wing groups for investigation, labelling them “domestic terrorists.”
