Episode 249: The End of the Constitution Had to Start Somewhere

About this episode

The episode discusses the critical importance of reauthorizing Section 702 of FISA and its implications for privacy rights.

Sen. Ron Wyden, the longest-serving member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the ACLU’s Kia Hamadanchy and Marcy Wheeler explain why the deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of FISA may be the most important privacy vote in a generation—and what you can do about it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ Make yourself harder to find, harder to hit: https://joindeleteme.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guests: Sen. Ron Wyden, Kia Hamadanchy, Marcy Wheeler

Topics covered

• privacy
• FISA
• Section 702
• government surveillance
• civil liberties

Keywords

• privacy vote
• Section 702
• FISA
• surveillance
• civil rights

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ACLU, Senate Intelligence Committee, FISA

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