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Podcast: Safe Mode Podcast
Episode: FBI surveillance and the fight in Washington over FISA Section 702
Description: Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is a controversial spying tool that allows U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies to gather data on non-U.S. citizens. Yet, Americans’ information and communications is often swept up in the process. That provision is set to expire at the end of 2023 unless Congress reauthorizes it. And there’s a growing debate in Washington over whether to end the program, reform it or reinstate it without changes. Sean Vitka is deeply involved in the debate through his work as senior policy counsel at Demand Progress and joins Safe Mode to talk abou...