'If You Can Keep It': The Future Of The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act : 1A

'If You Can Keep It': The Future Of The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act : 1A

Most of us would agree that access to foreign intelligence is important to national security. But whose private data gets swept up in the process?The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was first established in 1978 following Watergate. It’s a key U.S. surveillance tool. Section 702 was added to the act in 2008 allowing the government to collect the communications of more than 300,000 foreign nationals outside of the U.S. without a warr…

If You Can Keep It: The future of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle worry it violates citizens’ right to privacy.

Trump Urges Extending Foreign Surveillance Program As Some Lawmakers Push For US Privacy Protections

The U.S. Capitol (center) is seen with the Supreme Court of the United States (left) and the Library of Congress (right) Thursday, April 9, 2026, in Washington. (Rod Lamkey, Jr. / AP Photo) By David Klepper, Joey CappellettiThe Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is set to take up the reauthorization of a divisive program that lets U.S. spy agencies pore over foreigners' calls, texts and emails, with supporters like President Donald Trum…