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FPRI Analysis:
🇺🇸 At the end of this year, America’s most important intelligence tool is set to expire.

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) allows the government to collect signals intelligence on foreign targets, even when that collection includes communications with Americans. However, Section 702 needs congressional approval to continue, and vocal critics both inside and outside Congress consider Section 702 unconstitutional.

https://www.fpri.org/article/2023/09/the-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-courts-last-word-before-section-702-expires/ 
 It needs to be expired. It appears to be a tool being misused by the political class. First against themselves for political gain, then against everyone else who dissents.