![]() Feds rethink warrantless search stats and – oh look, a huge drop in numbers.FBI abused spy law but only like 280,000 times in a year.FBI boss: Congress must renew Section 702 spy powers – that's how we get nearly all our cyber intel.Uncle Sam snooping on US folks? Not without a warrant, lawmakers agree."A warrant requirement would amount to a de facto ban, because query applications either would not meet the legal standard to win court approval or because, when the standard could be met, it would be so only after the expenditure of scarce resources, the submission and review of a lengthy legal filing, and the passage of significant time - which, in the world of rapidly evolving threats, the government often does not have," Wray said. Specifically, Wray's concerned about the warrant requirement for US person queries. ![]() In prepared remarks, he told Representatives that "loss of this vital provision, or its reauthorization in a narrowed form, would raise profound risks." During today's hearing, Wray doubled down on his usual Section 702 rhetoric.
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