Restore the Fourth
October 5, 2017 – USA Liberty Act Allows FBI’s End-Run Around The Constitution To Continue On Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee will be filing the so-called “USA Liberty Act”, an attempt to deal with the fact that the main statutory authority for the government’s mass surveillance programs is due to expire December 31. The product […]
Congress faces a deadline of December 31, when the main authority for NSA’s mass surveillance programs, Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, expires. This provision retroactively legalized President Bush’s illegal mass surveillance, with few limitations. Three bills have been introduced to renew and reform this authority in varying degrees. The Senate Intelligence […]