House Votes to Extend—and Expand—a Major US #Spy Program
The US House of Representatives voted on Friday to extend the #Section702 spy program. It passed without an amendment that would have required the #FBI to obtain a #warrant to access Americans’ information. #privacy#surveillance
The silent part out loud. Sign the petition. "A staffer at Turner’s closed door meeting told WIRED that when pictures of protestors were displayed in a slideshow, the message was: “Here are protesters outside of Chuck Schumer's house. We need to be able to use 702 to query these people.” #Section702#FISAhttps://act.demandprogress.org/sign/section-702-protestors/
🚨 Major news for #Section702 & #surveillance reform – A bipartisan group of Senators has introduced the SAFE Act, a strong reform bill that would require a warrant to stop abuse of U.S. person queries, close the #DataBroker loophole, & make major improvements to the FISA Court
technically, the extension is for four months, until April 2024. But the FISA court approves applications for a year, so any surveillance started in early 2024 will continue until 2025.
“Any entity that you visit as a customer, that provides Wi-Fi service, could be required to let the government tap into its equipment, and pull out entire streams of communications.”
NEW: Legislation set to be introduced in Congress this week would extend #Section702 surveillance to people applying for green cards, asylum, and visas—subjecting some of their families inside the US to similar intrusions.
“People should be able to vacation, work, or study in the United States without opening up their private communications to US government scrutiny." - Liza Goitein, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law
NEW: The odds of Speaker Johnson ramming a #Section702 reauthorization through tomorrow has diminished, sources say, but more than 80+ civil rights groups are warning lawmakers against it. So is FreedomWorks, who says they'll tag any conservative who supports it. // #NDAA#FISA
NEW: Neither Schumer nor Speaker Johnson are answering questions this morning regarding widespread rumors they plan to amend a "must pass" defense bill (#NDAA) in the final hour to extend a controversial surveillance program, #Section702.
NEW: A new report by the House Intelligence Committee's Republican majority blasts the FBI for routinely violating rules governing #FISA's #Section702 surveillance program, adding it's time to rein the bureau in, and force it go to court to get warrants // #privacy#security#natsec
My latest: More than 60 groups advocating for Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are pushing the US Congress to reform the #Section702 surveillance program as Senate leaders move to hastily renew it. // #FISA#Privacy#Surveillance
#IC proponents allied with the #Biden WH are casting doubt on whether #Section702 certifications last a full year, even if the statute expires. I flatly reported yesterday that they do. Here's what the law says, and what legislative attorneys w/ the Congressional Review Service said in March:
My latest for WIRED on the imminent demise of the #Section702 program -- a federal statute empowering much of the US government's foreign intelligence collection. #fisa#surveillance#privacy