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S.139 Bill Reignites Debate over Section 702 and NSA Surveillance Reform

Post author By restorethe4th
Post date January 10, 2018
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After much Congressional debate to expand or reform NSA surveillance late last year failed to deliver a conclusion before the sunset of Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act, it was temporarily extended to January 19th as part of a continuing resolution. to On January 5, the Rules Committee for the House of Representatives introduced […]

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OP-ED: THE COLLAPSE OF “REGULAR ORDER” IN CONGRESS AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR SURVEILLANCE REFORM

Post author By restorethe4th
Post date December 12, 2017
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Summary To the surprise of few, Congress is once again failing to function. Congress is in a pickle, and is structurally unable to return to anything resembling “regular order”; The reform or renewal of Section 702 (which allows the infamous ‘backdoor searches’ on American citizens) may be kicked down the road to the spring as […]

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