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Lawmakers Introduce Section 702 Bill Renewing Spying Powers for US Intel Agencies
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act has repeatedly been condemned, with critics highlighting how its broad provisions allow warrantless surveillance of foreign nationals. | A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Tuesday, touting new provisions they claim address longstanding concerns. 💬 “Americans understand that it's possible to confront our countries' adversaries ferociously without throwing our constitutional rights into the garbage can,” said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), one of the bill’s co-sponsors, at a news conference. “Our Founding Fathers made it clear that if government agencies want to read an American's private communications, they should get a warrant.” Section 702 was a provision of the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act first enacted in 2008 to ostensibly enhance counter-terrorism operations. The legislation codified the collection of electronic data from around the globe by US intelligence agencies.
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