The following statement can be attributed to Paul Lekas, Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy, the Software & Information Industry Association.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s (ODNI’s) Policy Framework is a significant step forward in creating clarity around the intelligence community’s (IC’s) treatment of commercially available information (CAI). The Framework aspires to balance privacy and civil liberties concerns with the IC’s access to CAI, which includes—but is not limited to—data whose collection would otherwise require a warrant under the Fourth Amendment.
We applaud the ODNI for its action to address these risks while recognizing the countervailing benefits of the IC’s access to CAI. As Congress also considers restrictions on the IC’s use of CAI, it is critical to focus on measures narrowly tailored to these addressable harms, while preserving the ability of the IC to effectively perform its law enforcement and disaster response functions. We look forward to working closely with the ODNI and Congress in this endeavor.
