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Senate Can Stop Expansion of Government Surveillance

Senate Can Stop Expansion of Government Surveillance
The dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on March 22, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images
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When the U.S. House passed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act (RISAA), which reauthorizes the FISA Section 702 surveillance authority, it overlooked something big—an amendment that would drive the greatest expansion of government surveillance authority in recent history. The Senate has time to correct this and restore balance between the needs of national security and the safeguarding of Americans’ civil liberties.

Bob Goodlatte represented Virginia’s 6th District as a Republican in Congress from 1993 to 2019 and chaired the House Judiciary Committee. He is a senior policy adviser to the Project for Privacy and Surveillance Accountability.
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