They credit the program with better informing U.S. intelligence officials say Section 702 is necessary to protect national security and to counter China, Russia and other adversaries. The new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that Democrats and Republicans have similar views on surveillance tactics, while Republicans have become substantially less likely over the last decade to say it’s at least sometimes necessary to sacrifice freedom in response to threats. citizen communications that can then be searched by intelligence and law enforcement officers. Those collection programs also sweep up U.S. spy agencies to collect large amounts of foreign communications for intelligence purposes ranging from stopping spies to listening in on allies and foes. WASHINGTON (AP) - As it pushes to renew a cornerstone law that authorizes major surveillance programs, the Biden administration faces an American public that’s broadly skeptical of common intelligence practices and of the need to sacrifice civil liberties for security.Ĭongress in the coming months will debate whether to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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