'Before Congress votes on reauthorizing this law, Americans should know how the government wants to use these sweeping spying powers,' said an ACLU official.
a federal lawsuit against top U.S. intelligence agencies that have failed to respond to public records requests for information about a"sweeping law that authorizes the warrantless surveillance of international communications," including those of Americans.
"Though Section 702 is justified as a counterterrorism tool, in reality it permits surveillance far beyond what is needed to protect national security," the ACLU explains on its website. ItIt allows the government to target foreigners abroad if it believes they possess"foreign intelligence information"—a term so broadly defined that it can include ordinary information about foreign affairs that has nothing to do with national security.
"In 2021, the FISC took the unusual step of extending its review of the government's annual Section 702 application, in order to consider novel or significant issues raised by the proposed surveillance," the document notes."But the government has not released the court opinions that resulted from that review, even though they bear directly on the public's understanding of the surveillance powers the government seeks to wield under Section 702.
;𠇋REAKING: We;’re suing the NSA, CIA, and DOJ to learn more about the mass surveillance of our texts, emails, and calls with friends and family abroad.\n\nThis information is key as Congress considers reauthorizing Section 702 ;— the law used to defend this unconstitutional spying.
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