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Congress Is Debating Warrantless Surveillance in the Dark

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

canopic jug writes:

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.

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  • (Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Monday December 25 2017, @07:13AM

    by Anal Pumpernickel (776) on Monday December 25 2017, @07:13AM (#614039)

    Any kind of mass surveillance is inevitably going to end up vacuuming up the communications of citizens due to how the Internet works, which is unconstitutional. That is one reason why it must not be allowed at all.

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