U.S. intelligence officials are bracing for a fight in Congress over the renewal of a critical foreign surveillance tool but one that lawmakers in both parties say intrudes on Americans’ privacy
they say is critical to fighting terrorism, thwarting hackers and spying on top rivals like China and Russia, but one that lawmakers in both parties say intrudes on Americans’ privacy.revealed 10 years ago by former intelligence contractor
Edward Snowden, gathers communications directly from U.S. firms like Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Meta Platforms Inc., Microsoft Corp. , and Apple Inc. It allows investigators to copy and search digital communications traversing the internet’s backbone. Senior intelligence officials widely regard it as among their most valuable tools.
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