Restore the FourthFISA 702 Lapses – But The FISA Fight Still Continues On June 12, FISA 702 lapsed. This infamously intrusive law allowed every President from George W. Bush through to Trump to conduct warrantless surveillance on Americans’ communications. However, even though the statute has lapsed, the surveillance it enabled is still going on. That’s authorized through […]
Two bills, the bipartisan and bicameral Government Surveillance Reform Act (GSRA) and H. R. 7816, the Protect Liberty and End Warrantless Surveillance Act (PLEWSA), have been introduced. They would restore desperately needed privacy protections from the government for people in the United States, while also creating a path to reauthorize the controversial surveillance authority known […]