Former FBI General Counsel Weissmann on FISA Reforms

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Andrew Weissmann discussing the implications of FISA reforms and the FBI's access to Americans' communications.

Should the FBI be allowed to access the content of Americans’ communications–emails, texts and phone calls–without obtaining a judicial warrant? That’s a key question facing Congress, with a looming deadline of April 30th. The question is wrapped up in the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Section 702, which will sunset at the end of this month. I had the opportunity to interview Andrew Weissmann, who served as FBI General Counsel in addition to other positio...

People in this episode

Guest: Andrew Weissmann

Topics covered

• FISA reforms
• government surveillance
• judicial warrants
• privacy rights
• national security

Keywords

• FISA
• FBI
• surveillance
• judicial warrant
• Andrew Weissmann
• Congress
• privacy
• Section 702

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FBI, Congress, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

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