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FBI and friends get two more years of warrantless FISA Section 702 snooping
Senate kills reform amendments, Biden swiftly signs bill into law
Public Sector22 Apr 2024 | 8
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
House passes bill banning Uncle Sam from snooping on citizens via data brokers
Vote met strong opposition from Biden's office
Security18 Apr 2024 | 21
Hugely expanded Section 702 surveillance powers set for US Senate vote
Opponents warn almost anyone could be asked to share info with Uncle Sam
Public Sector17 Apr 2024 | 18
Reform of USA's Section 702 spying rule may make it to a vote this week
Tool that lets spooks observe Americans appears to have been renewed for another year
Public Sector09 Apr 2024 | 12
White House goes to court, not Congress, to renew warrantless spy powers
Choose your own FISA Section 702 adventure: End-run around lawmakers or business as usual?
Public Sector29 Feb 2024 | 14
FBI: Give us warrantless Section 702 snooping powers – or China wins
Analysis Never mind the court orders obtained to thwart Volt Typhoon botnet
Security09 Feb 2024 | 22
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Four more months of Section 702 snooping slipped into $890B US defense budget bill
Congress renews warrantless spying tool scribbled on back of huge check for Pentagon
Public Sector14 Dec 2023 | 39
Proposed US surveillance regime would enlist more businesses
Expanded service provider definition could force cafes and hotels to spy for the feds
Security12 Dec 2023 | 10
Competing Section 702 surveillance bills on collision path for US House floor
End-of-year deadline looms on US surveillance
Security08 Dec 2023 | 8
Someone else has a go at reforming US Section 702 spying powers – and nope, no warrant requirement
Back to plan A, then, eh?
Public Sector29 Nov 2023 | 13
FBI Director: FISA Section 702 warrant requirement a 'de facto ban'
War of words escalates as deadline draws near
Security15 Nov 2023 | 56
Uncle Sam snooping on US folks? Not without a warrant, lawmakers agree
Proposed Section 702 overhaul bill rolls in as expiration date looms
Public Sector08 Nov 2023 | 37
Feds' privacy panel backs renewing Feds' S. 702 spying powers — but with limits
FBI agents ought to get spy court approval before reviewing US persons' chats, board reckons
Security28 Sep 2023 | 2
White House: Losing Section 702 spy powers would be among 'worst intelligence failures of our time'
As expert panel suggests some tweaks to boost public's confidence in FISA
Security31 Jul 2023 | 25
FBI boss: Congress must renew Section 702 spy powers – that's how we get nearly all our cyber intel
Also: China's 'got a bigger hacking program than that of every major nation combined'
Cyber-crime28 Jul 2023 | 25
Just declassified: US senator caught up in Section 702 FBI surveillance dragnet
Still, judge finds 'reason to believe' Feds are getting better at not abusing snooping powers
Personal Tech22 Jul 2023 | 27
Proposed ban on data brokers selling warrantless personal info to Feds revived
Plus: Senator teases larger surveillance reform bill coming soon
Personal Tech21 Jul 2023 | 8
US senators and spies spar over Section 702 warrantless surveillance
Analysis 'Appropriately pissed off' lawmakers won't renew without safeguards
Personal Tech14 Jun 2023 | 14
FBI: FISA Section 702 'absolutely critical' to spy on, err, protect Americans
No protection without surveillance?
Security09 Jun 2023 | 30
So the FBI 'persistently' abused its snoop powers. What's to worry about?
Register Kettle When is warrantless surveillance warranted?
Security25 May 2023 | 5
FBI abused spy law but only like 280,000 times in a year
Well, well, well, if it isn't the Leaning Tower of FISA again
Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 37
Supreme Court not interested in hearing about NSA's super-snoop schemes
Warrantless data harvesting, you say? Feds have their secret reasons and we're OK with that
Personal Tech22 Feb 2023 | 24
NSA asks Congress to let it get on with that warrantless data harvesting, again
In brief Also: That Pokemon is actually a RAT, Uncle Sam fails a password audit
Security14 Jan 2023 | 24
CIA illegally harvested US citizens' data, senators assert
We're shocked, shocked to find unjustified collection and access is going on in here
Security11 Feb 2022 | 41
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