Episode 119. FISA 702 Explained: Is Your Privacy at Risk?

Show Notes:

Episode 119. FISA 702 Explained: Is Your Privacy at Risk?

In this episode, host Alex Ooley discusses the reauthorization of FISA 702, a provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that allows the government to conduct targeted surveillance of foreign nationals without a warrant. He explains the significant privacy implications of this provision and highlights instances of abuse by intelligence agencies. The episode also covers the failed attempt to impose a warrant requirement through the Biggs Amendment and the concerns raised by civil liberties organizations. The host emphasizes the importance of protecting privacy rights and urges listeners to be engaged citizens in order to prevent encroachments on their freedoms.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background on FISA 702

06:26 Concerns about Privacy and Abuse

13:59 The Failed Attempt to Impose a Warrant Requirement

27:53 The Importance of Protecting Privacy Rights

Resources:

Elizabeth Goitein on X

https://twitter.com/LizaGoitein/status/1778844476607201640

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 114

https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll114.xml

Rand Paul on X (@RandPaul):

https://twitter.com/RandPaul/status/1780627078645248462

TenthAmendmentCenter on X (@TenthAmendment)

https://twitter.com/TenthAmendment/status/1780732125236367481

Letter from 21 Privacy Companies

cdt.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Coalition-Statement-for-Record-Senate-Judiciary-Hearing-on-Section-702-6-12-23.pdf

Edward Snowden (@Snowden) / X

https://twitter.com/Snowden

FISA Section 702: What it is and why Congress is debating it

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/section-702-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act-congress-what-know-rcna96259

Statement by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the Upcoming Vote on Reauthorization and Reform of FISA Section 702 | The White House

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/04/17/statement-by-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan-on-the-upcoming-vote-on-reauthorization-and-reform-of-fisa-section-702/

Bad Amendments to Section 702 Have Failed (For Now)—What Happens Next? | Electronic Frontier Foundation

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/bad-amendments-section-702-have-failed-now-what-happens-next

What is Section 702? | Learn Liberty

https://www.learnliberty.org/videos/what-is-section-702/

Naomi Brockwell (@naomibrockwell) / X

https://twitter.com/naomibrockwell

What is the FISA court, and why is it so secretive? | CNN Politics

https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/08/politics/fisa-court-explainer-trnd/index.html

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