WaPo: “Intelligence officers who eavesdropped on thousands of Americans in overseas calls under authority from President Bush have dismissed nearly all of them as potential suspects after hearing nothing pertinent to a terrorist threat, according to accounts from current and former government officials and private-sector sources with knowledge of the technologies in use … Fewer than 10 U.S. citizens or residents a year, according to an authoritative account, have aroused enough suspicion during warrantless eavesdropping to justify interception of their domestic calls, as well. That step still requires a warrant from a federal judge, for which the government must supply evidence of probable cause.
LATEST
Morning Memo
Trump’s New $1.7 BILLION Slush Fund Boondoggle
05.15.26 | 10:46 am
Where Things Stand
Trump’s Blunder on Affordability This Week Was Worse Than It Appeared
05.14.26 | 6:15 pm
News
Supreme Court Keeps Mifepristone Available For Now While Alito and Thomas Seethe in Dissent
05.14.26 | 5:46 pm
The Franchise
Even the Initially Hesitant Southern States Have Now Joined GOP Race to Eliminate Black Political Representation
05.14.26 | 2:00 pm