One member of the board, Travis LeBlanc, said he voted against approving the report because he felt it “failed to adequately investigate or evaluate” XKeyscore, according to media reports. In a five-year investigation, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB), an independent government watchdog, looked into the XKeyscore program, which allows the NSA to query global internet traffic for the activity of specific individuals, says the Washington Post. The extensive surveillance program first revealed by former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden continues to operate with no judicial and limited congressional oversight, a member of a privacy watchdog agency said in a recent statement.
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