Rep Schiff pushes bill to create FISA privacy advocate

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced legislation aimed at getting the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to focus more on protecting privacy.

Rep. Schiff's bill would allow non-government attorneys to argue in favor of stronger privacy protections in significant FISC cases. The FISC, which oversees National Security Agency surveillance programs, currently reviews only arguments from the government. The White House has endorsed the idea of having a privacy advocate at the FISC, and Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Tom Udall (D-NM) have introduced similar legislation.