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Lack of FISA reform lets federal govt surveil 'entire communities' with AI
['Thérèse Boudreaux', 'The Center Square']
Just The News - Not The Noise
FISA Section 702, which lawmakers must reauthorize by March 2027, allows federal intelligence agencies to conduct warrantless electronic surveillance on foreign nationals of suspicion, whether they are abroad or traveling in the U.S.
Intelligence agencies can store that data for up to five years, while agents will routinely search through that data without obtaining a warrant.
With the rapid advancement of AI technology, however, Americans’ privacy is even more vulnerable than when Section 702 was enacted in 2008.
Federal agents can simply feed the data into an AI model and effectively create dossiers on innocent U.S. citizens.
FISA Section 702 currently has no prohibition on the federal government effectively outsourcing its surveillance to private companies via the “data broker loophole.”