US government surveillance tool should face limits, privacy panel says
Many Democratic and Republican lawmakers say they won’t vote to renew Section 702 when it expires at the end of the year without major changes.
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Many Democratic and Republican lawmakers say they won’t vote to renew Section 702 when it expires at the end of the year without major changes.
Then-Rep. Ted Budd voted no on renewing the law that governs U.S. monitoring of foreign nationals. Now a senator, he and other NC lawmakers will have to decide where they stand.
“Why would we reauthorize it given your track record of abuse and illegal improper surveillance and political targeting,” Hawley said, referencing the FBI’s use of spying tools on its own citizens.
The U.S. senator is joining fellow lawmakers who have raised concerns that the surveillance program could run afoul of Americans’ civil liberties
American spies are quietly on the frontlines of a global battle against fentanyl. Yet a tool the CIA says is critical to their fight is at risk in Congress this fall.