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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
(Score: 2, Informative) by fustakrakich on Monday December 25 2017, @05:49PM (2 children)
the protection that our 4th constitutional amendment provides to US citizens
This is wrong. The 4th constitutional amendment, and the rest of the document for that matter, applies to American authority, not its victims.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 25 2017, @08:35PM
Yeah, but people like that probably don't care about foreigners at all, so expect that fact to be ignored.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 26 2017, @12:39AM
Various parts of the constitution apply differently. They can apply to:
a. citizens
b. people subject to jurisdiction (green card holders)
c. people merely present (illegal aliens)
d. people everywhere
Pretty much none of it applies to non-citizens who are outside the US.