U.S. intelligence agencies should update their procedures for...
U.S. intelligence agencies should update their procedures for the collection, retention and dissemination of information about U.S. persons, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board wrote in a letter last week to Attorney General Eric Holder and Director of National…
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Intelligence James Clapper. “Key procedures that form the guidelines to protect ‘information concerning United States persons’ have not comprehensively been updated, in some cases in almost three decades, despite dramatic changes in information use and technology,” the board wrote. The letter asks that intelligence agencies have, by Oct. 31, “an agency-by-agency schedule establishing a time frame for updating each agency’s guidelines” that takes into account “both the evolution of technology and the roles and capabilities of the Intelligence Community since 9/11.” The Office of the Director of National Intelligence responded Monday with a statement (http://bit.ly/16FGXum) expressing its willingness to work with the board. “We recognize the importance of reviewing and, as appropriate, updating the guidelines in light of” the changes discussed in the board’s letter, Civil Liberties Protection Officer Alexander Joel wrote. “We welcome the PCLOB’s interest, and will, in coordination with the Department of Justice, continue to provide the PCLOB with information regarding these matters."