- United States
- Ariz.
- Letter
I'm asking you to vote against any clean extension of Section 702 of FISA. This surveillance authority expires soon, and that deadline is your leverage to demand real reforms that protect Americans' privacy.
Section 702 allows warrantless surveillance that sweeps up Americans' communications. Two years ago, Congress passed the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act with only nominal reforms. Now we're back at the same place, and a clean extension would be a failure. I want you to insist on two specific changes before reauthorizing this program: require a warrant before searching Americans' data collected under Section 702, and close the data broker loophole that lets agencies buy information about Americans they'd otherwise need a warrant to obtain.
These aren't radical demands. They're basic Fourth Amendment protections. Intelligence agencies have proven they cannot be trusted to police themselves on domestic surveillance. The warrant requirement ensures judicial oversight, and closing the data broker loophole prevents agencies from simply purchasing what the Constitution forbids them from taking.
Don't let this moment pass. Use your vote to force these reforms into any reauthorization bill.