Trump extended for six years a program of surveillance of foreigners

The President of the United States Donald Trump on Friday signed a decree on the extension of the program for six years, which allows the National Security agency (ANB) without the sanction of the court to listen to telephone conversations and view electronic correspondence of foreign citizens. This initiative in the United States has not been violent disputes for several years, because with its help, special services can actually follow the Americans themselves.

“I just signed a bill on section 702, extending the collection of data on foreigners in the interests of foreign intelligence. I will always do what needs to be done for the well -being of our country, and the security of American citizens will always be in the first place for me,” Trump wrote on his Twitter page.

At the same time, the head of state emphasized that the new version of the program is significantly different from the one whose term has expired on January 19.

Just Signed 702 Bill To Reauthorize Foreign Intelligence Collection. This is not the same fisa law that was so Wrongly Abused During the Election. I Will Always do the Right Thing for Oour Country and Put the Safety of the American People First!

- Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) January 19, 2018

We are talking about the scandalous section of the 702 of the Law "On Stacked Observation for Foreign Intelligence" (FISA), which allows American special services to monitor foreign citizens who use American satellite channels, communications or Internet services in their negotiations, that is, in fact, the program is not used outside the United States.

According to The Washington Post , for the United States itself the ambiguity of this program is that special services can also secretly monitor the Americans who are in contact with foreign intelligence objects. Many legislators tried to add an amendment to the law, obliging intelligence agencies to request a special order to survive for US citizens, but this norm was not recorded in the document.

US National Intelligence Director Daniel Kouts and Director of ANB Michael Rogers repeatedly announced the need to extend the validity of 702 FISA, since it allowed intelligence services to get a lot of important information, including the intervention attributed to the Kremlin in the American elections in 2016.

“I would not be able to provide such conclusions to the country, partners and allies without the help of the 702 section, including touching the issue of fighting terrorism and the spread of weapons. In particular, I could not draw conclusions about Russian attempts to influence the elections. Without 702, we could not conduct an appropriate analysis,” Rogers said, speaking at the US special committee in the US special committee in terms In the summer (quote for TASS).

The use of the surveillance program without permission originated from the Star Wind program, approved by US President George Bush shortly after the attacks of September 11, 2001. She allowed the NSA to intercept the international telephone calls of Americans without judicial orders provided for by the Federal Law of 1978 (thereby FISA).

After the use of the Star Wind, the Congress legitimized the form of this program in 2008, making appropriate amendments to FISA.

It should be noted that the Russian authorities are extremely concerned about the fact that American special services may have access to the Internet traffic of Russians who are abroad. In this regard, the bill on the regulation of the Russian Internet segment still contains a norm that obliges the operators to connect their networks to the traffic exchange points included in a special register. According to the plan of the Ministry of Communications , by 2020, 99% of Russian Internet traffic should be transmitted within the country.