Lawmakers seek more protections for Americans before reauthorizing FISA -
The hearing, titled “How a Law Designed to Protect Americans Has Been Weaponized Against Them,” was hosted by the subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance.
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle point to data from 2021, that showed authorities surveilled over 232,000 foreign nationals under Section 702. Still, about 3.4 million Americans were queried in what are known as “backdoor searches.” Testifying before the panel was Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General of the Department of Justice; Sharon Bradford Franklin, chair of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board , and Beth A. Williams, a PCLO board member.
FISA Court judges never review government analysts’ targeting decisions. When the government wants to spy on an American, probable cause must be established, and a judge’s approval must be obtained before surveillance occurs.
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