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posted by janrinok on Monday December 25 2017, @03:46AM   Printer-friendly
from the freedom-or-security dept.

Several of the programs Snowden revealed are authorized under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act. The 2008 law was scheduled to sunset on December 31, but in a last-ditch effort Thursday, Congress extend its authority through January 19.

The Trump administration, meanwhile, believes that the authorization doesn't really expire until April, leaving lawmakers several months to either reform or strengthen the provision. Hanging in the balance is the legal framework the government largely relies on to conduct mass surveillance of foreigners, and Americans who communicate with them. Which makes it all the more concerning that the fight over Section 702's future has taken place largely in the dark.

Source : Congress Is Debating Warrantless Surveillance in the Dark


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  • (Score: 4, Touché) by Azuma Hazuki on Monday December 25 2017, @03:55PM

    by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Monday December 25 2017, @03:55PM (#614100) Journal

    Not so. The greedy fossil fuel types love them some Muslims, or at least certain tribal groups of them like the Saudis.

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