Latest in FISA Reform
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:
The inspector general’s latest report on FISA implementation at the FBI is not as bad as it looks, but it’s not good either.
My new paper examines three critical issues in the NSA’s collection of Call Detail Records.
What on earth is going on with FISA reform in Congress?
The department argues that a provision giving greater power to amici arguing before the FISA Court could endanger national security. That argument strains credulity.
This week, the Senate will vote on five amendments to H.R. 6172, which would reauthorize certain intelligence-related authorities that expired on March 15 and would also make substantive changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and related laws.
It appears that the facts presented in a lot of FISA applications are not reliable.
A newly released report found errors or lost information in 29 FISA applications.
On March 16, the Senate punted on the issue of reforming the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act—a sign of just how dysfunctional Congress and the executive branch have become.