US Government Surveillance Reform Act (GSRA), What It Will Change?

A cross-party group of U.S. legislators has put forth fresh legislation aimed at limiting the extensive surveillance authority wielded by the FBI. They argue that the bill addresses the gaps that currently enable officials to access Americans’ data without obtaining a warrant.

This move comes after over ten years of discussions surrounding the surveillance powers granted in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. 

These powers permit domestic law enforcement to conduct warrantless scans of the immense volumes of data collected by America’s foreign surveillance systems.
If the Surveillance Reform Act (GSRA), gets approved, would compel law enforcement agencies to secure a legitimate warrant prior to conducting searches under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). 

Opponents argue that the present absence of a warrant prerequisite for accessing the 702 database represents an unconstitutional circumvention of Americans’ Fourth Amendment safeguards. This proposed legislation arrives as the culmination of a year-long, intense struggle over the fate of profoundly contentious surveillance practices, scheduled to conclude on December 31. 

Section 702 was enacted in 2008, it was originally pre

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