Counsel, Liberty & National Security Program @BrennanCenter. All views my own.
Apr 9 • 54 tweets • 10 min read
🚨Happening now: The House Rules committee considers the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act, a bill to reauthorize FISA Section 702.
I'll share thoughts on the hearing below, and you can watch it here:
My @BrennanCenter colleague @LizaGoitein and I have a recent piece in @JustSecurity explaining why RISAA is not a reform bill, and the changes that are needed to protect Americans' privacy and civil liberties. You can read that piece here:
The House votes tomorrow on a bill to reauthorize FISA Section 702. Leading up to that vote, the administration is trying to bamboozle lawmakers by claiming (as in this @politico article) that surveillance reforms would make Americans less safe. 1/18
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First, some background (skip ahead four posts if you're already familiar): Section 702 lets the government collect the communications of non-Americans located abroad without a warrant. This collection "inevitably" sweeps in Americans' messages, too. 2/18
The government is lobbying hard to retain FISA Section 702, which it uses to gain warrantless access to Americans’ communications. At the same time, it’s stalling on a statutory obligation declassify crucial information about how this program has been operating. 1/14
Last week, ODNI released its 2022 Annual Statistical Transparency Report, which documents the government's uses of its national security surveillance authorities. The report revealed troubling information about the government's use of Section 702. 2/14
