The FISA Section 702 Debate Intensifies

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In 2008, Congress amended the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by adding Section 702, allowing the U.S. government to acquire critically important intelligence from foreign targets using U.S. telecommunications services. As Director of the National Security Agency (NSA) Gen. Paul Nakasone explained at a public forum sponsored by the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) earlier this year, “FISA Section 702 is irreplaceable” and …

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