Biden Signs Reauthorization of FISAs Section 702 Despite Privacy and Rights Concerns

President Biden has signed legislation to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act despite warnings from privacy experts that the bill could greatly expand the ability for the government to conduct warrantless domestic surveillance. The Senate approved the FISA bill on Friday in a 60-34 vote. Critics include Democratic Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, who described the bill as “one of the most dramatic and terrifying expansions of government surveillance authority in history.”