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Interesting about the FBI, I always thought they were limited to domestic investigations. On the topic of this amendment, it looks like it does 3 things: 1) c
by socillion 13y ago
Interesting about the FBI, I always thought they were limited to domestic investigations.
On the topic of this amendment, it looks like it does 3 things:
1) changes an ambiguous "or" clause that currently only requires that a request be "to protect against international terrorism" to requiring an investigation by the FBI
2) requires "specific and articulable facts" instead of "reasonable grounds", and specifically requires it for each and every "tangible thing"
3) removes the clause permitting collection of data on anyone "in contact with, or known to" a foreigner under investigation.
IANAL but it does look like a great amendment, albeit only reining in section 215.
- mpyne 13y agoThe FBI has no authority to operate within other nations, so that usually makes the domestic/foreign distinction a moot point. But there is nothing forbidding the FBI from operating abroad if the host nation allows for a given investigation. What's more relevant, the FBI has long been involved in domestic investigations of foreigners (exactly as we might use PRISM for, in fact). In fact the FBI technically is the NSA's liaison to Google, Facebook, MS, etc.; NSA has no authority to interface with them directly so they hand it off to FBI, FBI is the one who actually works with the domestic companies.