Joe Biden on Friday quietly rescinded Executive Branch rules on wiretapping and bulk data collection.
The new orders were originally thought to allow for more data collection but that may not be the case.
Lawyer Will Chamberlain shared the news on Twitter and provided his analysis of Biden’s actions.
Will Chamberlain: “They rescinded a 2014 executive order that constrains wiretapping and bulk data collection and simultaneously put in place a new one that is even more restrictive.”
Biden eliminated wording that said, “the United States shall not collect signals intelligence for the purpose of suppressing or burdening criticism or dissent.” And that SIGINT should be collected only when there is an intelligence or counterintelligence purpose.
They rescinded a 2014 executive order that constrains wiretapping and bulk data collection and simultaneously put in place a new one that is even more restrictivehttps://t.co/J7GnPTKHiI
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) October 8, 2022
This enumerated list IMO is more restrictive than the earlier XO
So I was wrong
Only proper thing to do with an incorrect viral thread is to delete it and stop the virality pic.twitter.com/ppYvmVrewn
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) October 8, 2022
The directive can be found here:
Here’s the link to the underlying policy directive https://t.co/j5gGb3pffm
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) October 7, 2022
FYI — This post was updated to reflect new information on the Executive order.
