House Judiciary Unveils Surveillance Legislation
House Judiciary Committee leaders unveiled legislation Wednesday to reauthorize surveillance authority under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, due to expire Dec. 31. The USA Liberty Act would enable government to compel U.S. communications service providers to disclose…
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communications of those believed to be foreigners outside of U.S. borders. “This legislation marks an important step forward for reining in the overly broad government surveillance revealed by Edward Snowden more than four years ago,” said Nuala O’Connor, CEO of the Center for Democracy & Technology. But the bill needs to do more to protect citizens’ rights, she said. CDT is concerned the legislation doesn’t close a “loophole” that would allow surveillance that should be permitted only if there's a court order showing probable cause. The bill will be introduced formally in coming days and taken up in the Judiciary Committee in coming weeks, committee officials said.