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FISA Section 702 is an indispensable tool in the FBI's efforts to protect against national security threats. It authorizes the targeted collection of foreign intelligence information from non-U.S. persons located abroad. Section 702 will expire on December 31, 2023, unless Congress takes action to reauthorize it.

Title I of FISA is the exclusive statutory means through which the government can directly surveil any USPERs within the United States. It is also the exclusive statutory means by which nonUSPERs may be targeted when they are located within the geographical boundaries of the United States.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) only permits the targeting of non-U.S. persons located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information. This does not mean that information concerning U.S. persons is never collected under Section 702.

Unlike a criminal court, there is no jury and the government is the only party present. In other words, FISA court proceedings do not involve prosecutors and defense attorneys arguing on behalf of clients. The FISA court is simply hearing the requests of officials seeking search warrants.

Section 702 is not a permanent surveillance authority; instead, it must be periodically renewed by Congress and is currently scheduled to expire on December 31, 2023.

This article is the first in a series that will examine the key reforms Congress should implement, including: (1) imposing a warrant requirement before the government searches Section 702-acquired data for Americans' communications; (2) closing gaps in the law that permit the collection and use of Americans' ...

FISA Section 702 is an indispensable tool in the FBI's efforts to protect against national security threats. It authorizes the targeted collection of foreign intelligence information from non-U.S. persons located abroad. Section 702 will expire on December 31, 2023, unless Congress takes action to reauthorize it.

The FISC has jurisdiction to hear applications for, and issue orders authorizing, four traditional FISA activities: electronic surveillance, physical searches, pen/trap surveillance, and compelled production of tangible things.

The FISA statute, enacted in 1978, authorizes the FISA Court to grant an application for an order approving electronic surveillance or a search warrant to obtain foreign intelligence information if there is probable cause to believe that the target of the surveillance or search warrant is a foreign power or an agent of ...