House Democrats, ex-government officials and dozens of technology,...
House Democrats, ex-government officials and dozens of technology, civil liberties and media organizations told the White House and Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) they're concerned about surveillance activities authorized under executive order 12333. In a letter sent Aug.…
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29 and released Tuesday, the group urged the White House to declassify all legal opinions concerning surveillance authorized under 12333. The group argued “many” of these surveillance activities “involve communications that are protected by the U.S. Constitution, and all implicate international human rights law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which the United States is a party.” PCLOB has said it plans to review 12333 in its next report (CD July 24 p4).