This revelation led to the creation of the Pike Committee, known today as the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, a committee originally designed to conduct oversight and prevent these kinds of abuses. Section 702 is a relatively young surveillance authority that was created in the late 2000s to codify an illegal warrantless surveillance program started by the Bush administration in the wake of 9/11. 9 11. Over the past 15 years, we've learned that as Section 702 is used to collect the majority of of Internet communications coming in and out of the United States, it has also collected vast quantities of Americans information. (07:51–08:04)
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