The US Senate has passed a cloture motion to begin voting on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which expires on April 19th.
The Senate is moving forward on a vote to reauthorize a controversial program that allows warrantless surveillance of foreign “targets.” Before voting on the reauthorization bill, senators had to vote on a cloture motion to begin voting. The cloture motion passed 67–32, just one day ahead of the program’s expiration.
“Under the statute, any ongoing activities can continue until the certification expires, which would be April 5th of next year,” Kia Hamadanchy, senior federal policy counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union, told The Verge. “It’s what I like to call a zombie certification, because the law is expired but the certification is ongoing.” '“It’s what I like to call a zombie certification, because the law is expired but the certification is ongoing.
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