Section 702 Of The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Section 702 allows the us government to collect communications such as emails and phone records of foreigners on foreign soil without a warrant.

Section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act. Collection of foreign intelligence from non americans located outside the united states. Bush s warrantless wiretapping program. Government engages in mass warrantless surveillance of americans and foreigners phone calls text messages emails and other electronic communications.

President donald trump threw twitter and members of congress into a tizzy thursday morning when he tweeted a back and forth with himself about section 702 of the foreign intelligence. Section 702 title vii section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act fisa procedures for targeting certain persons outside the united states other than united states persons 50 u s c. Telecom providers such as at t and verizon.

Section 702 is a surveillance authority passed as part of the fisa amendments act in 2008. Information collected under the law without a warrant can be used to prosecute and imprison people even for crimes that have nothing to do with national security. 1881a x this authority allows only the targeting for foreign intelligence purposes of communications of foreign persons who are located abroad.

Under section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act fisa the u s. House of representatives by a 293 to 129 vote. This law was passed in 2008 to legalize president george w.

That law amended the foreign intelligence surveillance act of 1978. Section 702 of the foreign intelligence surveillance act fisa. Section 702 is supposed to do exactly what its name promises.

Section 702 authorizes foreign surveillance programs by the national security agency nsa like prism and some earlier data collection activities which were previously authorized under the president s surveillance program from 2001.