The U.S. National Security Agency's disclosure report showed U.S. citizens appeared 31,000 times in the agency's foreign spy reports in 2023, The Wall Street Journal reports. The information was collected under the newly renewed Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows the NSA to gather foreign intelligence information while also collecting an "unknown number of communications belonging to Americans."
NSA transparency report shows increased foreign spy reports involving US citizens
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