The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should stop using a United States spy database of foreigners’ emails and other communications for investigating crimes that are not related to national security, a group of White House intelligence advisers recommended in a report released Monday.The President’s Intelligence Advisory Board’s findings come as the White House pushes Congress to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before its expiration at the end of this year. US intelligence officials say Section 702 enables investigations of Chinese and Russian espionage, potential “terrorist” plots and other threats.But spy agencies also end up capturing the communications of US citizens and businesses, and a series of intelligence mistakes at the FBI has fanned bipartisan criticism of the bureau that has shaped the debate over renewing the law. Some lawmakers in both parties and civil liberties groups have called for stronger curbs on how the FBI uses foreign surveillance to search for Americans’ data.
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