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Line 43: − − ==Executive Order 12333== − The executive order’s history dates back to President Ronald Reagan. He signed the order into law in 1981, giving the intelligence community the ability to extend their powers and streamlining the ability of federal agencies also investigating intelligence issues, to cooperate with the CIA requests for information. − − It gives the NSA almost unlimited authority to access information and intercept overseas communications. − − [[Obama]] sought to expand those powers and take down the wall during his second term in office. The original executive order only allowed limited personnel - those with the highest levels of security clearances - to view the original raw data. − − But the changes came at the end of his presidency. On Jan. 3, then Attorney General [[Loretta Lynch]] signed the expansion of the executive order, which had already been signed by [[DNI]] [[James Clapper]] in mid-December. − − For many years the executive order didn’t draw a lot of attention, but NSA [[Whistleblower Statutes|whistleblower]] [[Edward Snowden]] exposed its vast reach. − − Snowden, who is being sought by U.S. authorities for leaking classified information and is now in [[Russia]], was the catalyst that exposed the vast authority of the NSA by revealing how the agency is capable of retrieving and storing vast amounts of what Americans considered private communications in their servers."<ref>http://circa.com/politics/some-us-intelligence-officials-want-trump-to-rescind-obamas-expansion-of-nsa-data</ref>
→Executive Order 12333
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12333.html</ref>
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/codification/executive-order/12333.html</ref>
*Under both Section 702 and Executive Order 12333, various rules require the government to redact or delete any information about Americans (minimization procedures or masking) “incidentally” acquired during the warrantless surveillance. However, there are several exceptions. For instance, information about Americans that is necessary to understand foreign intelligence or that is evidence of a crime may be kept and shared. Moreover, once the government has collected the communications, it may search them for information about Americans, which (in the case of information obtained under Section 702) can be used in ordinary criminal cases as well as national security investigations.
*Under both Section 702 and Executive Order 12333, various rules require the government to redact or delete any information about Americans (minimization procedures or masking) “incidentally” acquired during the warrantless surveillance. However, there are several exceptions. For instance, information about Americans that is necessary to understand foreign intelligence or that is evidence of a crime may be kept and shared. Moreover, once the government has collected the communications, it may search them for information about Americans, which (in the case of information obtained under Section 702) can be used in ordinary criminal cases as well as national security investigations.
==FISA abuse==
==FISA abuse==