Playing “whack-a-mole” with the Constitution

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and its impact on civil liberties.

The Constitution Study with Host Paul Engel – The House just passed another hurdle to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which allows government actors to spy on Americans. While that may not have been the intent, the 2016 Crossfire Hurricane Russia collusion hoax showed how this “law” was used to violate the rights of...

Topics covered

• Constitution
• Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
• government surveillance
• civil rights

Keywords

• Section 702
• spying
• Crossfire Hurricane
• Russia collusion hoax

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