Civil liberties campaigners will be concerned after the Trump administration applied to reauthorize the NSA spying program that collected millions of U.S. citizens’ phone records. Is there grounds for such a move?
, Congress put in place measures to curtail the government’s surveillance powers under the USA Freedom Act. This required federal agencies to seek court orders on a case-by-case basis if they needed to obtain data from telecoms firms.
“It is this legal framework that has never really been put on a permanent footing and was part of what was known as ‘the President’s Surveillance Program’ when these agencies were tasked to look at threats at home.” However, many of the U.S. telecoms providers were nervous about allowing state access to their customers personal data without a legal footing, says Ingram. “This is where the current push comes from: Different administrations had contrasting priorities and abilities to get the legislation passed."Of course, the move will raise concerns about civil liberties. However, according to Ingram, the impact isn’t as bad as people think.
There is of course a political angle to this move as the 2020 presidential election approaches. Ian Thornton-Trump, security head at AMTrust Europe points out that the Patriot Act and the intelligence programs it has spawned “have always been highly controversial” from a U.S. constitutional perspective.
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