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Secret FISA Ruling Allegedly Details Warrantless Searches of Americans’ Messages
A warrantless search by any other name still looks like a warrantless search.
FBI Surveillance, Social Media, AI, Partnerships Draw Scrutiny at Senate Hearing
FBI Director Kash Patel defended access to Flock license plate reader data at a Senate Judiciary hearing.
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Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, the Surveillance Buildout Continues
Washington is still building the biometric border envisioned in the aftermath of 9/11, only now the cameras do not even need you to stop.
Section 702 Surveillance Reaches Its Friday Deadline. Why “Going Dark” Is a Myth.
The same people warning of a blackout won’t trade renewal for a warrant requirement
Congress Extends Section 702 Spy Program 45 Days
The 45-day extension passed without anyone being allowed to read the secret court ruling that found constitutional violations in how the program operates.
FISA Section 702 Extension Faces House Vote With No Privacy Reforms
The agency running more warrantless searches of Americans’ data than ever is the one asking Congress for more time and fewer rules.
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The Fourth Amendment Has a VPN Problem
It’s the kind of question that should have been settled years ago, and the silence tells you why it wasn’t.
Trump Backs FISA Section 702 Extension, Drops Privacy Reform
Every two years, Congress gets a chance to add a warrant requirement to Section 702, and every two years, it finds a reason not to.
The FISA Surveillance Tool Is Up for Renewal, and the SAVE Act Is Riding Shotgun
Modest but meaningful surveillance reforms, warrant requirements, parallel construction limits, may die on the vine if they stay hitched to a bill the Senate won’t pass.
NSA Nominee Rudd Backs FISA Surveillance in Senate Hearing
Rudd’s defense of Section 702 came despite its history of ensnaring Americans in a surveillance system built for foreign threats.
Lindsey Graham Falls Prey to the Surveillance Monster He Championed
The senator who spent years defending government surveillance just found out what it feels like to be the one under the lens.
During Hearing on “a Continued Pattern of Government Surveillance,” Rep. Dan Goldman Downplays Severity of Warrantless Surveillance
Goldman’s detours and deflections only underscored the Committee’s grim thesis: surveillance has outpaced accountability.
