Sometimes American surveillance programs, while targeting foreigners or foreign agents for intelligence purposes, end up intercepting private information about Americans too. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyImagine, for example, that the American government is wiretapping Ivan the Russian. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIs incidental surveillance a new concern? Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThere are two types of warrantless surveillance that incidentally gather Americans’ private communications. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyWho else gets to see this raw surveillance?

Source: New York Times March 24, 2017 23:33 UTC