The Guardian reports on the “intelligence surge” component of Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Clinton wants to expand the United States’ intelligence sharing with European governments to track the flow of terrorists, money and weapons heading to the Islamic State. The domestic principles of the campaign focus on placing a preference on targeted spying over bulk data collection, allowing law enforcement to have more access to intelligence, and asking tech companies to help combat extremism. Clinton’s campaign wants to move beyond the Snowden-inspired suspicions of U.S. surveillance, but hasn’t decided whether to collect more data, add more spies, expand legal authorities, or offer more funding for intelligence agencies.
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