Two U.S. senators urged transparency around alleged “bulk surveillance” conducted by the CIA. The lawmakers responded to now-declassified documents compiled by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. The letter suggests that the CIA “has secretly conducted its own bulk program,” per authority under Executive Order 12333, rather than a congressionally passed framework. CIA responds: “CIAs collection activities and the programs at issue in the two PCLOB reports are properly classified to prevent foreign adversaries from defeating CIA’s collection efforts””]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/senators-cia-surveillance-program-involved-citizens-data-a-18504