Letter Urging Fourth Amendment Protections in FISA Section 702 Reauthorization

Advancing Justice - AAJC applauds the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus for leading this member-only letter on much needed reforms to FISA Section 702.

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Dear Speaker Johnson, Leader Thune, Leader Schumer, and Leader Jeffries: 

With the upcoming reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”), we write to express our strong belief that this authority ought to include meaningful Fourth Amendment protections for Americans in its renewal package. These can and should include closing the data broker loophole and requiring a judicial warrant before the government can access Americans’ sensitive information. 

The Trump Administration has demonstrated an unparalleled appetite for collecting and exploiting Americans' personal data. The Administration has built profiles on American citizens, demanded that artificial intelligence (AI) companies assist in mass domestic surveillance, and paid hundreds of millions of dollars to build a mega database of Americans' personal data. Without independent guardrails on Section 702, this Administration has repeatedly shown that it cannot be trusted to police its own use of this sweeping surveillance authority.

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