Yes, Section 215 Expired. Now What?
By India McKinney and Andrew Crocker On March 15, 2020, Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act—a surveillance law with a rich history of government overreach…
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House Lawmakers Extend Section 215 into Next Year Even Though They Had Years to Stop Illegal Overcollection of Americans’ Sensitive Data
By India McKinney With federal agencies set to run out of money this week, House lawmakers today passed a short-term funding bill that contained a…
The FISA Oversight Hearing Confirmed That Things Need to Change
By India McKinney Section 215, the controversial law at the heart of the NSA’s massive telephone records surveillance program, is set to expire in December….
TSA’s Roadmap for Airport Surveillance Moves in a Dangerous Direction
By India McKinney The Transportation Security Administration has set out an alarming vision of pervasive biometric surveillance at airports, which cuts against the right to…