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 […]
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The New York Times reports that the Biden administration is asking a secret court to reapprove its mass surveillance powers for a full year, rather than accepting key statutory reforms that would meaningfully limit its ability to spy on Americans without a warrant. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), a leading reformer, fired back: “A broad bipartisan, […]