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FBI Director Christopher Wray Defends FISA Section 702
On Friday, FBI Director Christopher Wray delivered a speech at the Heritage Foundation concerning FISA Section 702. The following is his speech as delivered: -
Don't Reform Section 702 Just for the Sake of Reform
Last week on our Foreign Policy feed, we wrote about how the USA Liberty Act, which is the House Judiciary Committee's proposal to reauthorize the Section 702 surveillance program, takes for granted that... -
The USA Liberty Act: House Judiciary’s Proposed Reauthorization of Section 702
Last week, members of the the House Judiciary Committee (HJC) introduced the “Uniting and Strengthening American Liberty Act of 2017,” known as the “USA Liberty Act.” A discussion draft of the bill had b... -
Livestream: Heritage Hosts Coats, Rogers and Wray on Section 702 Reauthorization
On October 13, the Heritage Foundation will be hosting a live event to discuss the reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Section 702. Entitled “Renewal of FISA’s Section 702: Why... -
The Real ‘Unmasking’ Scandal Could Be Yet to Come
Within the pantheon of Trump administration scandals, the manufactured uproar over “unmasking” came and went quicker than most. It was last spring that White House officials, working in tandem with House... -
Unintentional Noncompliance and the Need for Section 702 Reform
Congress has only three months to complete a task that it considers necessary but that is also controversial: reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 702 authorize... -
House Judiciary Committee Section 702 Reform Bill
The House Judiciary Committee has released a discussion draft of the USA Liberty Act, a bill to reform Title XII of the FISA Amendments Act. The document is included below. -
NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell Remarks on Section 702 Oversight
NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell delivered the following speech on September 14, 2017 at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security. Good afternoon, and thank you for having me here toda... -
Coats and Sessions Call for Reauthorization of FISA Title VII Without Sunset
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats sent a letter to the congressional leadership on Monday calling for a reauthorization of FISA Title VII, including Section 7... -
The 18 Documents that ODNI Released on Section 702: Summaries
In response to a FOIA request from the ACLU, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice released FISA Amendments Act Section 702 documents on August 23. Below, we s... -
In Defense of the 'Deep State' and a Free Press
It has come as a great surprise to learn that most of my 45 years in Washington were not spent in honorable public service but, rather, as part of the “Deep State,” an evil cabal whose mission is to resi... -
Leaks, Mutual Self-Restraint and Credibility
On our new Foreign Policy feed, Helen Klein Murillo examines the delicate balance struck between the government and journalists on leaks in light of Attorney General Jeff Sessions's press conference on l...
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