United States:
Congress Renews Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Authority
12 March 2018
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On January 18, the Senate passed the amended bill to reauthorize Section
702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ("FISA")
for six years, now Public Law No. 115-18. The FISA program, which
was set to expire on January 19, allows intelligence agencies to
collect data on foreign nationals suspected to be national security
threats who use American communication services and internet
technology. The final version of the legislation did not contain a
proposed amendment supported by privacy advocates, called the USA
Rights Act, which would have required a warrant for searching the
FISA intelligence database for information on Americans. The
legislation had already been approved by the House of
Representatives.
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