REP. PAUL GOSAR: Congress Should Not Reauthorize Section 702 of FISA (OP-ED)
Op-Ed by Congressman Paul Gosar
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was enacted by Congress in 2008 to ostensibly allow the United States intelligence community to surveil foreigners located abroad. Purportedly, Congress wrote this law to protect our national security by allowing spying on non-U.S. threats without a court order.
Congress is currently considering reauthorizing Section 702, which is set to expire at the end of this year. Congress reauthorized the spy program in 2012 and again in 2018. Rife with abuse and overreach, I voted against reauthorizing Section 702 in the past, and I intend to oppose its reauthorization once again this time.
Section 702 has been controversial since its inception,
