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https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/13/having-secured-a-clean-702-reauthorization-the-fbi-gets-back-on-its-backdoor-search-bullshit/
Having Secured A Clean 702 Reauthorization, The FBI Gets Back On Its Backdoor Search Bullshit |...
There was more contention than usual prior to the most recent reauthorization of Section 702 surveillance powers. The blame for the multiple fights leading up...
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https://reason.com/2026/03/27/trump-backs-section-702-reauthorization-after-once-calling-to-kill-fisa/
Trump reverses course, backs Section 702 reauthorization after 'KILL FISA' post
Mar 27, 2026 - The president is much less concerned about the law's potential for overreach now that he's in charge of the government wielding it.
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https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/22/senate-approves-section-702-reauthorization-keeps-only-the-bad-stuff/
Senate Approves Section 702 Reauthorization, Keeps Only The Bad Stuff | Techdirt
The government had a few years to sort this out, but as usual, the final call came down to the last minute. Shortly after Section 702 expired at midnight,...
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/congress-must-reject-new-insufficient-702-reauthorization-bill
Congress Must Reject New Insufficient 702 Reauthorization Bill | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Speaker Johnson has introduced a new fig leaf over the American surveillance state, the Foreign Intelligence Accountability Act. Introduced with only days to...
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https://www.justsecurity.org/85407/the-year-of-section-702s-reauthorization-a-reply-on-back-door-searches/
The Year of Section 702's Reauthorization: A Reply on "Back Door" Searches
Apr 29, 2025 - Targeted reforms of use of Section 702-acquired information for non-national security investigations would avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater.
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https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/section-702-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act-fisa-20232024
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA): 2023/2024 Reauthorization Resource...
The following Brennan Center and coalition resources provide detailed information on Section 702, how it has been used to gain warrantless access to Americans’...
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https://globalnetworkinitiative.org/gni-statement-on-the-reauthorization-of-section-702-of-the-u-s-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act/
GNI Statement on the Reauthorization of Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance...
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