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Dick Durbin: “Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act…”

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 06:02

Most Americans would say, good, that's why we elected you. For years, Congress, although despite this, has avoided confronting a fundamental flaw at the heart of our surveillance authority. Under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows government to collect communications of foreigners without a warrant. from any court. But in the process, the government, unfortunately, over the years, collects millions of communications of innocent Americans, people they are not authorized to surveil. (06:02–06:18)

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Asserts that Section 702 permits warrantless collection of foreign communications.

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