Section 702 of FISA is a warrantless surveillance authority that is supposed to be targeted only at non-Americans located abroad. But intelligence agencies have turned Section 702 into a domestic spying tool, using it to conduct hundreds of thousands of warrantless “backdoor” searches for Americans’ private communications every year, including baseless searches for the communications of racial justice protestors, members of Congress, and political donors. In light of these abuses, lawmakers from both parties have vowed not to reauthorize Section 702 without significant reforms.
Unfortunately, as detailed in this document, the FISA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2023 is a “reform” bill in name only, and would do more to expand surveillance than rein it in.
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