Declassified NSA IG Report Reveals Agency Broke Surveillance Rules on US Person Queries

A declassified NSA Inspector General report found the agency queried intelligence data using terms not approved by its general counsel and failed to comply with procedures authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The violations involved searches of US person information that did not meet the required standard of reasonably likely to return foreign intelligence. The report adds ammunition for civil liberties advocates pushing for warrant requirements ahead of the April 20 Section 702 sunset.