"This morning the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an independent agency within the executive branch, issued a report on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The report recommends that Congress enact a wide range of reforms to Section 702, including a requirement that federal agents obtain approval from a judge to access data collected under Section 702 for an American’s communications. Three of the five Board members stated that they would support a “probable cause” standard for both criminal and mixed criminal/foreign intelligence investigations. The Chair of the Board issued a separate statement explaining the necessity for a probable cause standard in these cases."
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