All articles tagged with #abuses
About 100 Israeli hostages, who were kidnapped by Hamas during an assault on Israel, have been released after over 50 days in captivity. Dr. Itai Pessach, from Sheba Medical Center, describes the physical and psychological abuses suffered by the hostages, including branding and rape. The article also highlights the traumas experienced by people on both sides of the border war.
House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan criticized the FBI for recent abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and suggested that the agency should be removed from the Section 702 surveillance "business" altogether. Section 702 allows U.S. federal intelligence agencies to conduct targeted searches of foreigners, but sometimes Americans are improperly searched in the process. The provision is set to expire by the end of the year, and Congress wants to make reforms. Out of 3.4 million Section 702 queries conducted last year, 30 percent of them were in error.