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The White House released a report on Monday recommending that a controversial law allowing the government to spy on foreign nationals be renewed, as the FBI has faced heightened scrutiny in recent weeks for using the law to spy on Americans.
The 42-page report, published by the President's Intelligence Advisory Board and Intelligence Oversight Board, stated that not renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) could be "one of the worst intelligence failures of our time".
The legislation permits the US government to collect digital communications of foreigners located outside the United States.
The law is set to expire at the end of this year unless it is reauthorised and some lawmakers, both Democrat and Republican, are calling for major reforms out of concern that Section 702 has been used against Americans.
A 2021 Justice Department audit of the FBI's use of Section 702 found that some "noncompliant queries included individuals arrested during the January 6 Capitol breach", the 2021 protest by supporters of then-President Donald Trump.
@GutturalFrogLibertarian10mos10MO
Of course they back it...as long as your not spying on the corrupt politicians...
@TalentedS0v3reignLibertarian10mos10MO
When they going to lock us up in the FEMA cages? That’s all that really matters.
@JusticeLemurGreen10mos10MO
Why would they need a law? It’s never stopped them before?
