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Two Democratic senators who have long overseen US intelligence say the government is illegally withholding a secret court’s findings from Congress until lawmakers renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.

wired.comThe US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on AmericansTwo US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.

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In March, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), for another year, after Congress failed to renew it. But the court objected to search filters that let federal agents read Americans’ messages without a warrant.

wired.comThe US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on AmericansTwo US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.

Meanwhile, 23 civil liberties and government accountability groups on Monday urged congressional leaders to refuse to reauthorize Section 702 “while the administration actively withholds legally mandated information about how the surveillance program operates.”

wired.comThe US Government Is Hiding a Secret Court Ruling About How It Spies on AmericansTwo US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.

Dos senadores demócratas que durante mucho tiempo han supervisado la inteligencia estadounidense afirman que el gobierno está ocultando ilegalmente al Congreso las conclusiones de un tribunal secreto, a la espera de que los legisladores renueven el programa de vigilancia más exhaustivo de EEUU.