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CISOs, Don’t Ignore the FISA Section 702 Debate
Section 702 could be your next big cybersecurity tool.
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Section 702 could be your next big cybersecurity tool.
The report examines how the U.S. intelligence apparatus has used authorities granted by FISA.
Given the importance of Section 702’s collection authorities for national security, it is worth reviewing how it compares to the original FISA.
It’s high time for the FBI to end its reliance on anonymous press reports to prove critical facts in FISA applications.
The attorney general and director of national intelligence co-authored a letter to congressional leadership urging the reauthorization of an intelligence-gathering provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance ACT (FISA).
On Feb. 28, Benjamin Wittes sat down with Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen at the Brookings Institution to discuss the Biden administration's attempt to work with Congress to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intellligence Surveillance Act before it expires on Dec. 31. They also discussed what would happen if 702 expired, and whether it is even necessary in a world more concerned with great power conflict than with counterterrorism.
You can watch the event here or below:
U.S. intelligence agencies rely on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to monitor more than 200,000 overseas targets. But will next year be its last?
Here is an explainer of the data presented in three intelligence community reports released in April regarding the continuing decline in the use of national surveillance authorities over the past two years.
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence released its annual transparency report. The annual report compiles statistics and information on the intelligence community's use of legal authorities including the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. You can read the report here and below.
In light of the Inspector General’s latest report, how worried should we be about the state of the FISA process?