Secret Court Reauthorizes Secretive Spy Program

About this episode

The episode discusses the impending reauthorization of the Section 702 warrantless surveillance program and its implications for privacy and surveillance practices.

Congress is set to vote soon on reauthorization of the Section 702 warrantless surveillance program, part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. 702’s authorization expires on April 20th. On its surface, the program allows intelligence agencies to spy on non-citizens outside the United States - without their knowledge, or the consent of their governments. But people inside the US can be and are caught up in this surveillance if they’re in contact with targets of the program fo...

Topics covered

• surveillance
• FISA
• intelligence agencies
• privacy
• legislation

Keywords

• surveillance
• FISA
• Section 702
• Congress
• intelligence agencies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Congress, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

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