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Dick Durbin: “Government collects millions of communications of innocent…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Senator Durbin Delivers Remarks on FISA Section 702 Reform

Published | Video Starts at 08:51

Under section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance act, the government collects communications of foreigners, foreigners overseas without a warrant from any court. But in the process, the Government collects millions of communications of innocent Americans under Section 702. people they are not authorized to surveil. Once collected, the government can search these Communications without a warrant from any court. (08:51–09:14)

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Asserts that millions of Americans' communications are collected under Section 702.

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