Tag: Section 702
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Hugely expanded Section 702 surveillance powers set for US Senate vote
On Thursday the US Senate is expected to reauthorize the contentious warrantless surveillance powers conferred by Section 702 of the …
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FISA Section 702 is threatening your privacy with unchecked surveillance
Last week, the US Congress narrowly avoided blocking the renewal of FISA Section 702 amidst concerns that it would perpetuate the …
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Section 702: The Future of the Biggest US Spy Program Hangs in the Balance
The US Congress will this week decide the fate of Section 702, a major surveillance program that will soon expire if lawmakers do not act. …
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Sinking Section 702 Wiretap Program Offered One Last Lifeboat
For months, US lawmakers have examined every side of a historic surveillance debate. With the introduction of the SAFE Act, all that’s left …
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Section 702 Surveillance Fight Pits the White House Opposite Reproductive Rights
Prominent advocates for the rights of pregnant people are urging members of Congress to support legislation that would ban warrantless …
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A Backroom Deal Looms Over Section 702 Surveillance Fight
Twice in the past decade, legislation limiting the United States government’s domestic surveillance powers sailed through the US House of …
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FBI: Give us warrantless Section 702 snooping powers – or China wins
The FBI’s latest PR salvo, as it fights to preserve its warrantless snooping powers on Americans via FISA Section 702, is more big talk of …
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Congress Clashes Over the Future of America’s Section 702 Spy Program
Competing bills moving through the House of Representatives both reauthorize Section 702 surveillance—but they pave very different paths …
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Competing Section 702 surveillance bills on collision path for US House floor
Two competing bills to reauthorize America’s FISA Section 702 spying powers advanced in the House of Representatives committees this week, …
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Section 702 Surveillance Reauthorization May Get Slipped Into ‘Must-Pass’ NDAA
Rumors are rampant on Capitol Hill about an effort said to be underway by US congressional leaders to salvage a controversial surveillance …
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FBI Director: FISA Section 702 warrant requirement a ‘de facto ban’
FBI director Christopher Wray made yet another impassioned plea to US lawmakers to kill a proposed warrant requirement for so-called “US …
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FBI boss: Taking away our Section 702 spying powers could be ‘devastating’
As the expiration date for the Feds’ Section 702 surveillance powers draws closer, FBI Director Christopher Wray has warned a US Senate …
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