Section 702 Reauthorization Commentaries

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court November 18 2020 Opinion, Authorized for Public Release on April 26, 2021

Key Takeaways From Latest FISA Court Opinion on Section 702 and FBI Warrantless Queries, Jake Laperruque, Just Security, 28 April 2021

RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE 2020 FISA SECTION 702 CERTIFICATIONS, Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) 26 April 2021

Questions Congress Should Ask About Section 702, BY Neema Singh Guliani February 4, 2016 https://www.justsecurity.org/29161/questions-congress-section-702/

The Obama Administration Has Embraced Legal Theories Even Broader Than John Yoo’s  By Patrick C. Toomey April 7, 2016 https://www.justsecurity.org/30460/obama-administration-embraced-legal-theories-broader-john-yoos/

A new call for U.S. surveillance reform, BY Amie Stepanovich, December  13, 2016.  https://www.accessnow.org/new-call-u-s-surveillance-reform/

Opponents of Closing Sec. 702’s Backdoor Search Loophole are Distorting How the Fix Works Tuesday, BY Jake Laperruque, August 15, 2017 https://www.justsecurity.org/44125/opponents-closing-backdoor-search-loophole-distort-fix-works/

We Have Good Reasons to Be Concerned About the Impact of Section 702 on the Criminal Justice System By Sarah St.Vincent Wednesday, June 7, 2017 https://www.justsecurity.org/41811/good-reasons-concerned-impact-section-702-criminal-justice-system/

Today’s ODNI and Section 702 News  By Jennifer Granick Friday, April 28, 2017 https://www.justsecurity.org/40391/todays-odni-section-702-news/

Broad Warrantless Surveillance Threatens to Undermine the Criminal Justice System By Sarah St.Vincent Wednesday, April 26, 2017 https://www.justsecurity.org/40292/broad-warrantless-surveillance-threatens-undermine-criminal-justice-system/

Drawing a Line on Mass Surveillance: How Congress Must Reform Section 702 By Daniel Schuman and Sean Vitka  March 23, 2017 https://www.justsecurity.org/39142/drawing-line-mass-surveillance-congress-reform-section-702/

Correcting the Record on Section 702: A Prerequisite for Meaningful Surveillance Reform By Jennifer Granick and Jadzia Butler September 15, 2016 https://www.justsecurity.org/32916/correcting-record-section-702-prerequisite-meaningful-surveillance-reform/

Correcting the Record on Section 702: A Prerequisite for Meaningful Surveillance Reform, Part II By Jennifer Granick and Jadzia Butler
September 22, 2016 https://www.justsecurity.org/33111/correcting-record-section-702-prerequisite-meaningful-surveillance-reform-part-ii/ 

Correcting the Record on Section 702: A Prerequisite for Meaningful Surveillance Reform, Part III By Jennifer Granick and Jadzia Butler
September 29, 2016 https://www.justsecurity.org/33288/correcting-record-section-702-prerequisite-meaningful-surveillance-reform-part-iii/

What Should Senator Wyden Ask About Section 702 Now? Anne Boustead  Jun 16, 2017 https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-should-senator-wyden-ask-about-section-702-now

Can NSA Drop “About” Collection Without Gutting “To/From” Collection? Robert Chesney  Apr 28, 2017 https://www.lawfareblog.com/can-nsa-drop-about-collection-without-gutting-tofrom-collection

Why Electronic Surveillance Reform is Necessary Mieke Eoyang, Gary Ashcroft   Tue, Feb 28, 2017, https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-electronic-surveillance-reform-necessary

The Constitution Project, FISA Section 702 Debate -(Actually) Setting the Record Straight https://constitutionproject.org/documents/fisa-section-702-setting-the-record-straight/

Human Rights Watch, Q & A on Section 702 Sep 14, 2017
https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/09/14/q-us-warrantless-surveillance-under-section-702-foreign-intelligence-surveillance 

Brennan Center for Justice,  January 10, 2018 FISA Reauthorization Amendments Act (S.139) compared with Amash/USA RIGHTS Acts Amendment