{"id":2198859,"date":"2024-03-14T04:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T08:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-surveillance-program-shows-why-congress-may-go-slow-on-fisa-renewal\/"},"modified":"2024-03-14T04:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T08:33:22","slug":"dea-surveillance-program-shows-why-congress-may-go-slow-on-fisa-renewal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-surveillance-program-shows-why-congress-may-go-slow-on-fisa-renewal\/","title":{"rendered":"DEA&#8217;s monitoring efforts highlight reasons for Congress to hesitate on FISA renewal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdea-surveillance-program-shows-why-congress-may-go-slow-on-fisa-renewal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2198859&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Revealed: The Hidden Truths of a Decades-Long Surveillance Saga<\/h2>\n<p>Unearthed \u2062reports bring to light the sobering realities of\u200c government\u200c surveillance as \u200dCapitol\u200b Hill mulls over \u2063the renewal \u2064of a key piece of legislation. The Drug Enforcement \u200dAdministration&#8217;s (DEA) long history of collecting telephone records\u2063 has come under scrutiny,\u200b casting a long \u2063shadow \u2062over current legislative decisions.<\/p>\n<h3>A Peek into the DEA&#8217;s \u200dSecret Archives<\/h3>\n<p>For over twenty years, \u200bthe <strong>DEA\u2064 had been amassing phone \u200drecords<\/strong> \u2063 on an\u200b unimaginable scale. That is until 2013, when the Edward Snowden \u200baffair raised public outcry, and \u200bthe \u2062program came to an abrupt \u200chalt. Fast forward to a hard-fought revelation:\u2063 an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/government-inspectors-discover-alarming-conditions-at-prison-housing-ghislaine-maxwell\/\" title=\"Government inspectors find 'disturbing' conditions at Ghislaine Maxwell's prison\">inspector \u200dgeneral&#8217;<\/a>s report with \u2062more \u2064blackout bars than text was released. But now, thanks to dogged \u2064pursuit by the press, \u200ba less censored narrative\u200c surfaces, though it still holds onto its \u2063secrets dearly.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s stunning is the \u200dDEA&#8217;s \u200daudacious refusal to cooperate\u2064 with parts of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-protesters-rally-outside-of-u-s-capitol-to-pressure-lawmakers-for-bigger-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"D.C. protesters rally outside of U.S. Capitol to pressure lawmakers for bigger stimulus checks\">inspector general&#8217;<\/a>s\u2062 investigation &#8212; a \u2063deadlock that lasted a \u2063staggering seven months. The consequence? Seemingly, none.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-is-not-free-speech-to-silence-others-judge-kyle-duncan-speaks-out-about-mob-crashing-his-stanford-law-school-talk\/\" title=\"\u2018It Is Not Free Speech To Silence Others\u2019: Judge Kyle Duncan Speaks Out About Mob Crashing His Stanford Law School Talk\">raises fundamental questions<\/a>\u200b about whether\u200d you can really trust publicly released Inspector General reports,&#8221; \u2064remarked Patrick Eddington,\u2064 a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. &#8220;When federal agencies and\u2064 the \u200bintelligence community can subvert \u2064oversight, it turns the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-say-doj-official-could-have-conflict-of-interest-in-trump-case\/\" title=\"Senators Say DOJ Official Could Have Conflict of Interest In Trump Case\">final reports<\/a> into a \u2064farce.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Cat-and-Mouse Game \u200dof Information Requests<\/h3>\n<p>Eddington&#8217;s own battle to obtain the full report spanned almost five years \u2013 only to be met with a version still riddled \u200cwith redactions. Revealingly, this arrives amid Sunshine Week, \u200can initiative underscoring the significance of transparency in\u200b governance.<\/p>\n<p>All this\u200c as Congress engages in heated debates over the fate of Section 702 of the <strong>Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)<\/strong>. Critics argue, without a warrant requirement to access FISA data on Americans, the\u200b door is open\u2063 to \u200dmisuse.<\/p>\n<h3>What the DEA Files Uncover<\/h3>\n<p>Initiated in\u2063 the \u200c&#8217;90s, the DEA&#8217;s program was\u200d theoretically aimed at drug trafficking via communication \u200bdevices, like disposable &#8220;burner&#8221; phones. Yet, it ballooned far beyond its original intent, and the specifics of its operation remain shrouded in mystery.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Following 2006, the DEA began disseminating data to other agencies \u200bfor\u200b investigations unrelated to narcotics.<\/li>\n<li>DEA sought telephone company cooperation\u2014first voluntarily, then with compensated subpoenas\u200b as &#8220;legal \u200dcover.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>They picked partners willing to cooperate, then handed them \u200csubpoenas to sweeten the deal,&#8221; Eddington\u2064 said. &#8220;This speaks volumes about the DEA&#8217;s underhanded\u2064 methods.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Snowden expos\u00e9 forced the program&#8217;s shutdown\u2014yet, it begs the\u200c question: \u2063why weren&#8217;t the glaring issues of \u2063surveillance and privacy tackled sooner?<\/p>\n<p>Billions of data points, \u200coften without any \u2064link to specific investigations, were swept up by\u200d the DEA&#8217;s net. Now, the agency claims to target individual numbers relevant to specific cases, but details on compliance and ongoing \u200cstandards are foggy.<\/p>\n<h3>The Unanswered Questions<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the program ending,\u200b the <strong>new inspector general&#8217;s report<\/strong> remains a sea of\u200b redactions. The unnerving past \u2064of DEA surveillance looms over the renewal of FISA\u2014a caution that Eddington insists\u2063 Congress should not ignore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sordid history of this program is a testament to the need for \u200dcaution in the FISA reauthorization process,&#8221; he asserts. The DEA and Justice Department \u2064have yet to respond to \u200dinquiries for their side of the story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Both versions of the report, with updated insights and redactions, are provided for your perusal below. Delve into these documents; they\u200b could very \u2062well shape\u200c the future of national\u200b security and personal \u200dprivacy.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly disclosed information on a contentious surveillance program reveals the risks of government data gathering, coinciding with Congressional discussions on renewing a key law. 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