Access to business records and other items under the Foreign Intelligence  Surveillance Act. Section 216. ... Now America is waging war against terrorists. ...  Our intelligence and law enforcement communities, and our partners, both here  and abroad, have identified and disrupted over 150 terrorist threats and cells; ...
Dec 16, 2013 ... Why won't the President rein in the intelligence community? ... officials like  Clapper to be more forthcoming about spy programs that gather information  about Americans who have no connection to terrorism. ..... Tucked into the bill, in  Section 215, was something called the “business records” provision.
Jun 7, 2013 ... We now know what Senator Mark Udall of Colorado was talking about when he  warned in 2011 that the “intelligence community can target individuals who have  no connection to terrorist organizations.” He added, “They can collect business  records on law-abiding Americans,” though he was prevented by ...
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 is a United States federal law  which prescribes procedures for the physical and electronic surveillance and  collection of "foreign intelligence information" between "foreign powers" and " agents of foreign powers" suspected of espionage or terrorism. The Act created  the ...
Jun 6, 2013 ... But he warned that those efforts “should never be a secret from the American  people.” ... “The intelligence community can target individuals who have no  connection to terrorist organizations,” Mr. Udall warned back in May 2011. “They  can collect business records on law-abiding Americans.” Continue ...
Currently, the intelligence community "can collect business records on law-abiding Americans who have no connection to terrorism."