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Allegations of a new widespread bulk surveillance program being run on American citizens by the CIA.

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United States Senators Wyden and Heinrich have alleged that

the classified documents show a CIA bulk surveillance program

collecting Americans data without clear judicial or

congressional oversight is being run quoting the Wall Street Journal.

Details of the CIA program have been kept from the public as well as some lawmakers according to the

April 2021 letter to the agency from senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin

Heinrich of New Mexico members of the Senate Intelligence Committee. The letter was partially

declassified and disclosed Thursday. The nature of the type of collection isn't

made clear in the heavily redacted letter. It couldn't be determined when the

surveillance occurred or if the intelligence program is currently operational.

It was also not clear whether another U.S. intelligence agency was performing the actual surveillance that supported the functioning of the CIA program, which isn't unusual.

The Senators Letter urged the CIA to inform the public about the program, including what kinds of

records have been collected, as well as the spy agency's relationship with its sources of intelligence, the legal

framework of the program, and the amount of Americans' records being maintained, and how

often searches of U.S. data are performed.

This declassification is urgent, the Senators wrote.

The CIA is generally prohibited by law from engaging in domestic spying, but some U.S. intelligence

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