Republicans claim Trump may have been surveilled through ‘incidental collection.’ What’s incidental collection?

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Author(s): Henry FarrellPublication Date: March 22, 2017Publication Type: Other WritingThe Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes has just said that Donald Trump’s communications were likely picked up by US intelligence agencies through “incidental collection.” Before Nunes’ statement, I interviewed Jennifer Stisa Granick, the director of civil liberties at Stanford University’s Center for the Internet and Society, about her new