U.S. officials have said Section 702 of FISA is crucial in disrupting terrorist attacks, cyber intrusions, and foreign espionage.
President Biden on Saturday signed legislation reauthorizing a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans' data nearly forced the statute to lapse.Barely missing its midnight deadline, the Senate had approved the bill by a 60-34 vote hours earlier with bipartisan support, extending for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act . Mr.
Attorney General Merrick Garland praised the reauthorization and reiterated how 'indispensable' the tool is to the Justice Department.'This reauthorization of Section 702 gives the U.S. the authority to continue to collect foreign intelligence information about non-U.S.
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