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The
FBI data, which ODNI said was being included for the first time
in its transparency report, included some 1.9 million queries
done as part of investigations into attempts by foreign cyber
attackers to compromise U.S. critical infrastructure, like U.S.
power plants.
The 3.4 million from December 2020 to November 2021 is up from
the 1.3 million queries from December 2019 to November 2020.
"Certain steps FBI has taken to ensure U.S. person protections
apply to all U.S. person queries result in an over counting of
U.S. person queries," the report said.
It said that one person could turn up using multiple queries and
each of those queries could be run multiple times.
The queries were made to a database that contains information
collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act, which does not require a warrant.
The American Civil Liberties Union and other privacy advocates
have been critical of the use of Section 702 by the FBI, arguing
that FISA was meant to catch foreign intelligence information or
evidence of a crime but not to turn up information about U.S.
citizens.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Marguerita Choy)
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