Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines says China’s government is expanding the use of covert influence operations targeting the U.S. and is expected to exploit the clash over the debt ceiling as part of anti-U.S. activities. TWTFrontPage
are also expected to target U.S. debate over the fate of a 2008 electronic surveillance law set to expire in December. Defenders say the statute, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, is a key tool for monitoring foreign spying and terrorist activities.
Some civil liberties groups and advocates in Congress say the law is overly broad and allows Americans’ electronic messages to be swept up in U.S. electronic spy operations. Some conservatives say the FBI abused the surveillance law while seeking authorization to track Carter Page, an adviser to presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016, during its investigation of suspected collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.
The Chinese Communist Party “is also seeking to reshape global governance in line with [Chinese President Xi Jinping’s] preferences and governance standards that support the monopoly of power within , and expanding influence operations, including through the export of digital repression technologies,” she said.continues to expand its global intelligence and covert influence operations to support the ruling Communist Party’s economic and security goals.
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