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Reforming The Section 702 Dragnet (Part 1)

Posted on February 1, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

Jennifer Granick writes:

The consensus is clear that spying on innocent Americans section 215 of the Patriot Act is flatly illegal.  The Center for Democracy and Technology said it, Christopher Sprigman and I said it, Laura Donohue said it, Judge Richard Leon said it, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) said it, Sprigman and I said it again.

So far, less attention has been paid to the legality—and wisdom—of mass surveillance under section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act (FAA), codified at 50 USC 1881a.

Read more on Just Security.

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