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Lawmakers staring down an end-of-the-year deadline to reauthorize the nation’s warrantless spy powers are grappling with a dizzying number of options for how to tackle needed reforms as well as a chorus of complaints about how to proceed. Congress is weighing everything from a Senate bill that would enact significant reforms to a short-term extension…
The government Section 702 authority allows it to collect communications of certain foreigners abroad without a warrant. It will expire on Dec. 31 if Congress does not renew it.
Dozens of Asian American organizations sent a letter to Congress this week to protest the reauthorization of Section 702, a controversial surveillance statute that critics say could be used to racially profile communities of color.
A coalition of 63 Asian American and allied organizations are urging lawmakers to resist the extension of Section 702, a surveillance program believed to disproportionately impact Asian Americans. Driving the news: With Section 702 set to expire at the end of the year, Senate leaders are reportedly considering attaching an extension of it to a “must pass” bill. The program at present is expected to continue until April under “transition procedures.”
A bipartisan group of US lawmakers introduced a bill to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act on Tuesday, touting new provisions they claim address longstanding concerns.