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Vote no on any reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA when it comes up for renewal on April 20. This surveillance program violates the Fourth Amendment rights of both Americans and foreign nationals and should be allowed to expire. The FBI's abuses under Section 702 are well documented. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court called violations "persistent and widespread." Agents conducted warrantless searches on a U.S. senator, journalists, 19,000 congressional campaign donors, and even an FBI employee's family member suspected of having an affair. These aren't isolated incidents. They're evidence of a system designed to evade constitutional protections. The program now targets 349,823 people, up from 246,000 in 2022. Each target generates countless records that intelligence agencies search without warrants. The government claims reforms are working because searches dropped from 119,383 to 7,413, but a Justice Department report revealed a now-shuttered tool that allowed untracked searches. We have no idea how many warrantless searches actually occur. Mass surveillance is incompatible with a free society. The government shouldn't be collecting anyone's communications without individualized suspicion and judicial oversight, regardless of nationality. Let Section 702 expire.