The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has renewed its approval of a controversial spy law that permits US intelligence agencies and law enforcement to collect the communications of foreign citizens in certain circumstances, according to three people familiar with the process.
The secretive national security court last month approved warrantless surveillance tactics under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act until March 2027, said the three people, who requested anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
The program permits the warrantless collection of private messages on US soil in certain circumstances where Americans are in contact with a foreign surveillance target. ...