Section 702 Fisa

The senate approved a six year extension of section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act.

Section 702 fisa. Section 702 title vii section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act fisa procedures for targeting certain persons outside the united states other than united states persons 50 u s c. Bush s warrantless wiretapping program. 139 fisa amendments reauthorization act of 2017 into law.

Netroots opposition to the bill. Under section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act fisa the u s. Section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act fisa.

This law was passed in 2008 to legalize president george w. The foreign intelligence surveillance act fisa was enacted in 1978 to regulate us governmental electronic and physical surveillance of communications for foreign intelligence purposes. Section 702 of fisa.

President donald trump signed s. Section 702 is a surveillance authority passed as part of the fisa amendments act in 2008. President donald trump threw twitter and members of congress into a tizzy thursday morning when he tweeted a back and forth with himself about section 702 of the foreign intelligence.

It removed the requirement in place since 1978 that the government obtain a warrant from the fisa court when seeking to wiretap communications between a foreign target and an american from inside the u s. Government engages in mass warrantless surveillance of americans and foreigners phone calls text messages emails and other electronic communications. Section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act fisa is a statute that authorizes the collection use and dissemination of electronic communications content stored by u s.

Surveillance of foreign persons located outside the united states with the compelled assistance of electronic communication service providers to acquire foreign intelligence information. That law amended the foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978. The fisa amendments reauthorization act of 2017 extends section 702 for six years to december 31 2023 and most notably included new restrictions on querying surveillance databases prohibited the resumption of certain types of collection about a target that were not directly addressed to or from that target unless congress approved such.