FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday he has never seen a time during his decades-long career when so many threats against the US were all as elevated as they are now, warning senators he sees “blinking lights everywhere.”
FBI Director Christopher Wray said Tuesday he has never seen a time during his decades-long career when so many threats against the US were all as elevated as they are now, warning senators he sees “blinking lights everywhere.”
During a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, ranking Republican member of the committee, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, asked Wray if he saw “blinking red lights” — referring to warning signs the US missed before the attack of 9/11.
“I see blinking lights everywhere I turn,” Wray said.
Wray also said that the bureau is working “around the clock” to “identify and disrupt” potential attacks by individuals inspired by the Hamas attacks on October 7.
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I 100% expect that such warnings will motivate the US to further reign in freedoms and discriminate against specific ethnic groups rather that spark any meaningful introspection about the policies that are the fundamental cause of such threats.
“What are we going to say to the family whose loved one’s care was sabotaged when a hospital was taken offline by a foreign adversary and the FBI wasn’t able to stop the cyber attack,” Wray said.
I abhor when individuals, who should know fucking better, start pulling shit like this.
If he has proof, show it. But don't use fear-mongering or start pulling at America's heart strings to justify monitoring America.
The FBI director is pushing senators on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire at the end of this year. The law enables the US government to obtain intelligence by targeting non-Americans overseas who are using US-based communications services.
I am A-OK with this. And if anyone wants to argue that they will break the law and abuse this, what's the difference? If they intend to break the law, they will do so with or without this provision.
Like if you want to tap a wire you can do that. It's not hard.
If you want to selectively listen to communications happening on that wire you still start by tapping the wire. Then you listen to everything and filer out what you need.
I'm unfamiliar with how this is currently done, obviously. But if the difference here is the FBI not using their taps, or the taps being completely removed when this expires that is a meaningful difference. And should be discussed.
Wray also warned in his opening remarks of the increase in hate crimes, including the “troubling trend” of increased antisemitic threats in the months since October 7.
I'm sure there really are lots of indicators of risk, and in that sense he should be listened to.
But the FBI has a long recent record of trying to sabotage security protections like encryption, and beating warning drums to weaken infrastructural security might not be worth listening to.
We can recognize that there's likely elevated risk without taking at face value how the head of an agency with a longstanding agenda is suggesting that risk be mitigated.
The FBI director is pushing senators on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which is set to expire at the end of this year. The law enables the US government to obtain intelligence by targeting non-Americans overseas who are using US-based communications services.
That or, you know, the fascist coup planners, China's rapid and expanding modernization of their navy, Congress critters being outright owned by Russian kleptocrats, a completely disorganized response to cyber security, etc.