EFF’s Suggestions For Government Surveillance Oversight   This
piece, written by Electronic Frontier Foundation Legal Director
and Legislative Analyst Mark M. Jaycox, originally appeared on
the foundation’s website on April 23.  EFF recently filed
comments with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
(PCLOB) concerning Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Amendments Act (FAA), one of the key statutes under
which the government claims it can conduct mass surveillance of
innocent people’s communications and records from inside the US.
EFF maintains that the government’s activities under Section 702
that we know about are unconstitutional, not supported by the
statutory language, and violate international law.  The PCLOB,
created as a result of recommendations by the 9/11 Commission,
is an agency charged with ensuring privacy and civil liberties
are included in the White House’s counterterrorism activities.
After a long delay, the board became operational in February
2012. Their first rep