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https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/section-702-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act | Brennan Center for Justice
For too long, this law has allowed the government to evade privacy protections and spy on Americans. Reform is overdue.
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/safe-act-imperfect-vehicle-real-section-702-reform
The SAFE Act is an Imperfect Vehicle for Real Section 702 Reform | Electronic Frontier Foundation
The SAFE act, introduced by Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), is the first of many likely proposals we will see to reauthorize Section 702 of...
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https://www.nextgov.com/policy/2026/03/tech-bills-week-improved-biological-data-research-section-702-reform-and-more/412121/?oref=ng-category-lander-river
Tech bills of the week: Improved biological data for research; Section 702 reform; and more -...
Mar 13, 2026 - Legislation introduced this week looks to shore up standardization for biological research data, reauthorize and reform FISA Section 702, and offer more...
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/11/nsa-surveillance-and-section-702-fisa-2024-year-review
NSA Surveillance and Section 702 of FISA: 2024 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Mass surveillance authority Section 702 of FISA, which allows the government to collect international communications, many of which happen to have one side in...
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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://reason.com/2026/04/24/congress-still-has-a-chance-to-curb-section-702-surveillance-abuses/printer/
Congress still has a chance to curb Section 702 surveillance abuses
Apr 24, 2026 - The controversial spying legislation won only a temporary extension, as civil libertarians and surveillance-state supporters continue to battle.
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https://www.justsecurity.org/135283/truth-behind-section-702-query-statistics/
The Truth Behind Section 702 Query Statistics
Authors write that Congress must now impose a warrant requirement for Section 702 access to Americans' communications.
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https://www.csoonline.com/article/574475/what-cisos-need-to-know-about-the-renewal-of-fisa-section-702.html
What CISOs need to know about the renewal of FISA Section 702 | CSO Online
Feb 7, 2023 - Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act sets out the rules for the US intelligence community around gathering information abroad—but is it...
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https://www.eff.org/document/eff-position-section-702-november-2025
EFF Position Section 702 - November 2025 | Electronic Frontier Foundation
2025.11_702_patriot_act_one_pager_-_final.pdf
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https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/17/the-safe-act-is-an-imperfect-vehicle-for-real-section-702-reform/
The SAFE Act Is An Imperfect Vehicle For Real Section 702 Reform | Techdirt
The SAFE act, introduced by Senators Mike Lee and Dick Durbin, is the first of many likely proposals we will see to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign...
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https://news.heathenlab.net/c/privacy/p/1695/rep-mike-johnson-tries-fails-to-sneak-clean-section-702-re-authorization-past-the
Rep. Mike Johnson Tries, Fails To Sneak Clean Section 702 Re-Authorization Past The Goal Line
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https://www.eff.org/effector/29/03
Closed Hearings on Section 702 Surveillance? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
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https://www.techdirt.com/2025/01/27/federal-court-fbis-backdoor-searches-of-section-702-collections-violate-the-4th-amendment/
Federal Court: FBI’s Backdoor Searches Of Section 702 Collections Violate The 4th Amendment |...
It's a grind. But it's been worth it. Last week, the court that's been handling Agron Hasbajrami's case for nearly a decade finally said what plenty of people...
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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.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/keep-pushing-we-get-10-more-days-reform-section-702
Keep Pushing: We Get 10 More Days to Reform Section 702 | Electronic Frontier Foundation
In a dramatic middle-of-the-night stand off, a bipartisan set of lawmakers pushing for true reform and privacy protections for Americans bought us some more...
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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://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/pclob-report-fisa-section-702-pclobs-words
PCLOB Report on FISA Section 702: In the PCLOB's Words | Brennan Center for Justice
A two-page document compiled by the Brennan Center that pulls relevant quotes from the PCLOB Report on FISA Section 702.
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https://www.justsecurity.org/135103/questions-congress-should-ask-before-renewing-section-702/
Questions Congress Should Ask Before Renewing Section 702
Mar 30, 2026 - Experts share questions Congress, journalists, and the public should ask executive branch officials on surveillance authorities.
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https://yournews.com/2026/04/24/6838400/house-republicans-move-to-extend-fisa-section-702-through-2029/
House Republicans Move to Extend FISA Section 702 Through 2029 With Audit Requirement – [your]NEWS
Apr 24, 2026 - New proposal would continue surveillance authority while mandating review of targeting practices and prohibiting intentional monitoring of U.S. citizens.
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https://www.uwlax.edu/veteran-and-military-connection/benefits/veterans-choice-act-section-702/
Veterans Choice Act Section 702 & 301 - Veteran & Military Connection | UW-La Crosse
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https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/15/partisan-bullshit-tanks-house-section-702-reform-efforts/
Partisan Bullshit Tanks House Section 702 Reform Efforts | Techdirt
It took the FBI carelessly, stupidly, and unlawfully targeting members of Trump's inner circle to make Section 702 program reform a thing that might actually...
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/03/sen-wyden-warns-of-another-section-702-abuse.html
Sen. Wyden Warns of Another Section 702 Abuse - Schneier on Security
Mar 25, 2026 - Sen. Ron Wyden is warning us of an abuse of Section 702: Wyden took to the Senate floor to deliver a lengthy speech, ostensibly about the since approved (with...
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https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/fisa-section-702-isn-t-broken.-why-are-we-still-trying-to-fix-it
FISA Section 702 Isn’t Broken. Why Are We Still Trying to Fix It? | Lawfare
Recent statutory reforms are working, so discredited arguments and misleading claims shouldn’t be allowed to derail reauthorization.
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https://www.justsecurity.org/135277/response-brennan-section-702-backdoor-searches/
Response to the Brennan Center’s “Myths and Facts” on Section 702
Apr 6, 2026 - Author writes that a warrant for Section 702 surveillance authoritities is unnecessary, legally mistaken, and damaging to national security.
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/we-need-you-our-privacy-cannot-afford-clean-extension-section-702
We Need You: Our Privacy Cannot Afford a Clean Extension of Section 702 | Electronic Frontier...
The intelligence community and its defenders in Congress, as always, seem more interested in defending their rights to read your private communications than in...
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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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https://castbox.fm/episode/Section-702-survives-for-now.-id2947452-id936137687
Section 702 survives for now.
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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://reason.com/2026/04/24/congress-still-has-a-chance-to-curb-section-702-surveillance-abuses/
Congress still has a chance to curb Section 702 surveillance abuses
Apr 24, 2026 - The controversial spying legislation won only a temporary extension, as civil libertarians and surveillance-state supporters continue to battle.
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https://www.techdirt.com/2024/04/17/senate-now-considering-section-702-re-up-with-a-dangerous-amendment-attached-to-it/
Senate Now Considering Section 702 Re-Up With A Dangerous Amendment Attached To It | Techdirt
For a little while, it looked as though Section 702 surveillance might finally be curtailed, if not substantially reformed. Lots of House Republicans were...
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https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/12/the-wyden-siren-goes-off-again-well-be-stunned-by-what-the-nsa-is-doing-under-section-702/
The Wyden Siren Goes Off Again: We’ll Be “Stunned” By What the NSA Is Doing Under Section 702 |...
Senator Ron Wyden says that when a secret interpretation of Section 702 is eventually declassified, the American public
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https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/20/rep-mike-johnson-tries-fails-to-sneak-clean-section-702-re-authorization-past-the-goal-line/
Rep. Mike Johnson Tries, Fails To Sneak Clean Section 702 Re-Authorization Past The Goal Line |...
Despite a bunch of Republican lawmakers being extremely (and mostly performatively) upset that their communications were accessed during investigations of the...
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https://www.eff.org/702-spying
Decoding 702: What is Section 702? | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Why can the U.S. government collect my emails? Under authority ostensibly granted by something called Section 702, the U.S. government routinely collects and...
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