US Intelligence-Sharing Shouldn’t Sidestep Privacy Protections

Expand A man and woman use their mobile phones as commuters walk past the columns of the Bank of England in the City of London, July 3, 2012.  © 2012 Reuters Buried in the confirmation hearings record of former US Central Intelligence Agency Director Mike Pompeo is an alarming observation about US surveillance that has never received the level of attention it deserves. A ruling today by the European Court of Human Rights ought to change that. In January 2017, US Senator Ron Wyden noted in a written question for Pompeo – now US Secretary of State -- that even if the CIA does not directly ask…

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