Tag: Warrantless

20 JAN

Trump signs bill extending NSA’s warrantless surveillance

On Friday afternoon, just hours before Congress failed to avert a government shutdown, the President signed into law the “FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017.” The bill passed the House and Senate earlier this week with the support of many Republicans and Democrats, offering only slight adjustments to Section 702, a law that oversees the […]

20 JAN

Donald Trump signs bill renewing NSA warrantless internet surveillance

(Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he signed into law a bill renewing the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, sealing a defeat for digital privacy advocates. “Just signed 702 Bill to reauthorize foreign intelligence collection,” Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to legislation passed by the U.S. Congress that extends Section […]

19 JAN

U.S. Senate passes bill to renew NSA warrantless internet surveillance

(Reuters) — The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program for six years with minimal changes, overcoming objections from civil liberties advocates that it undermined the privacy of Americans. The legislation, which easily passed the House of Representatives last week, is expected to be signed […]

12 JAN

U.S. House passes bill to renew NSA warrantless internet surveillance

(Reuters) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill to renew the National Security Agency’s warrantless internet surveillance program, overcoming objections from privacy advocates and confusion prompted by morning tweets from President Donald Trump that initially questioned the spying tool. The legislation, which passed 256-164 and split party lines, is the culmination […]

06 DEC

White House lets NSA’s warrantless surveillance continue until April

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Section 702, which authorizes the NSA’s warrantless data gathering, is supposed to expire on New Year’s Eve. Don’t tell that to the White House, though. Lawyers for the executive branch have determined that FISA Section 702 surveillance can legally continue until April 26th, 2018. The rationale comes down to a […]

27 OCT

US govt expands warrantless surveillance of Americans

Thx to @hrw FOIA, more evidence of US using an exec order for *domestic* warrantless surveillance. Obama-era change https://t.co/TtPAKWVDRo — Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) October 25, 2017 The expanded powers relate back Executive Order 12333, signed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1981, and modified under the George W. Bush administration. It establishes how US intelligence […]