WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans, two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee said. While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public and Congress.
Highlights
- Two Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee say the CIA has a secret, undisclosed data repository that includes information collected about Americans.
- While neither the agency nor lawmakers would disclose specifics about the data, the senators alleged the CIA had long hidden details about the program from the public and Congress.
- The CIA and National Security Agency have a foreign mission and are generally barred from investigating Americans or U.S.
- businesses.
- The spy agencies’ sprawling collection of foreign communications often snares Americans’ messages and data incidentally.
- There have long been concerns about what information the intelligence community collects domestically, driven in part by previous violations of Americans’ civil liberties.