In April, the government’s surveillance powers under Section 702 of FISA will expire. Since 2015, Congress’s efforts to rein in the surveillance state have largely focused on the NSA’s “FISA 702 database”, and in particular on two things: (a) Closing the backdoor search loophole: Limiting, and requiring a warrant for, queries by other agencies of […]
Category: GSRA + FISA Resources
This week Restore The Fourth joined a set of 23 civil society organizations from across the political spectrum urging FBI Director Kash Patel to meet with us to discuss surveillance reform and transparency. The groups urged Director Patel to: Read the letter below. **A previous version of this letter contained an inaccurate list of signatories. […]