Lawmakers Looking to End Warrantless Government Surveillance With Reform Act

  • 7 months ago
Lawmakers Looking to End , Warrantless Government Surveillance , With Reform Act.
Gizmodo reports that a coalition of bipartisan lawmakers
have teamed up to propose a major reform to one of the
government's most powerful domestic surveillance tools. .
The proposed Government Surveillance Reform Act
looks to force law enforcement agencies to obtain
a legal warrant prior to conducting a search. .
The proposed Government Surveillance Reform Act
looks to force law enforcement agencies to obtain
a legal warrant prior to conducting a search. .
The proposed reform refers to Section 702 of
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). .
According to critics, the current lack of
a warrant requirement serves as an unconditional
violation of Fourth Amendment protections.
It’s time for a trade. We will vote to
reauthorize but only with rules that
make Uncle Sam get a warrant before
entering our digital domains, Mike Lee, Republican Utah Senator and bill co-sponsor, via Gizmodo.
It’s time for a trade. We will vote to
reauthorize but only with rules that
make Uncle Sam get a warrant before
entering our digital domains, Mike Lee, Republican Utah Senator and bill co-sponsor, via Gizmodo.
Ron Wyden, Oregon Senator and lead author, said the bill
would also prevent law enforcement from purchasing
people's data from “shady, unregulated data brokers.”.
Ron Wyden, Oregon Senator and lead author, said the bill
would also prevent law enforcement from purchasing
people's data from “shady, unregulated data brokers.”.
Gizmodo reports that federal agencies have
increasingly turned to data brokers to dodge
privacy protections in recent years. .
Americans know that it is possible to confront our country’s adversaries ferociously without throwing our constitutional rights in the trash can. But for too long surveillance laws have not kept up with changing times, Ron Wyden, Oregon Senator and lead author, via Gizmodo.
Lawmakers in support of the reform
have stressed that security and privacy
protection are not mutually exclusive. .
For decades, our intelligence agencies
have offered us a false choice:
either keep our country safe or protect
Americans’ constitutional right to
privacy. But we can and must do both, Sara Jacob Said, California representative, via Gizmodo

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