Congress Is Dropping the Ball with a #CleanExtension of #FISA
not considering a requirement to obtain a #warrant before looking at data on US persons that was indiscriminately & warrantlessly collected. #HouseSpeaker #MikeJohnson confirmed that “the plan is to move a clean extension of FISA … for at least 18 months.”
House #Judiciary Chair #JimJordan , who has previously been a champion of both the warrant requirement & closing the #databroker loophole
#privacy
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/congress-dropping-ball-clean-extension-fisa
Two years ago, Congress passed the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill unfortunately included some problematic expansions of the law—but it also included a relatively big...
Watch as the dems help reauthorize domestic mass surveillance under Trump.
"Democrats who helped doom a warrant requirement last time have yet to signal how they will vote this time around"
Wyden warned that the mass surveillance tool was ripe for abuse when the Biden administration pressured Congress into approving it 2 years ago, but Himes claims he hasn't seen evidence it was abused and is urging his fellow Democrats to reauthorize it
https://theintercept.com/2026/03/23/trump-domestic-spying-fisa-702-democrats
Congress Is Dropping The Ball With A Clean Extension Of FISA
Congress Is Dropping the Ball with a Clean Extension of #FISA
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/congress-dropping-ball-clean-extension-fisa
Two years ago, Congress passed the “Reforming Intelligence and Securing America” Act (RISAA) that included nominal reforms to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The bill unfortunately included some problematic expansions of the law—but it also included a relatively big...
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