The Trump administration is pushing to ease a set of restrictions that have lasted for decades, making it easier for intelligence agencies like the CIA to access investigative and file information from federal law enforcement agencies, citing the need to more effectively combat transnational criminal groups and drug gangs classified by the government as "terrorist organizations." The new approach could allow the intelligence community to access a database containing "hundreds of millions of documents," including FBI case files, bank records, and criminal investigations involving unions, with a large amount of information touching on law-abiding Americans who have not been accused of any crime. Several informed officials said these adjustments have received little public explanation and lack formal notifications to Congress, with insufficient internal discussions and limited legal oversight. An intelligence official openly stated, "There are many privacy risks, but no one wants to deal with them."
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