Because “evildoers.”
Bush says that the “balance” between privacy and security has “gone the wrong way.” Because there’s “no evidence” that spying violates civil liberties.
He also wants to ban strong crypto: “It makes it harder for the American government to do its job while protecting civil liberties to make sure evildoers aren’t in our midst.”
Bush doubled down Tuesday on his assertions that there is “no evidence” the data collection violated civil liberties. “I’ve found not one” case, he said.
The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, an independent bipartisan agency, declared NSA’s phone records collections program illegal in 2014, and a federal court of appeals reached the same conclusion earlier this year.
A May analysis from the Justice Department found that FBI agents interviewed by the inspector general’s office “did not identify any major case developments” that came from using Section 215 that allowed the bulk records collection.
Bush also criticized private technology firms for using encryption to make it harder for their customers to be surveilled. “It makes it harder for the American government to do its job while protecting civil liberties to make sure evildoers aren’t in our midst,” he said.
Jeb Bush: NSA Needs Broader Powers To Combat ‘Evildoers’ [AP]
(via Gizmodo)
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