EFF: Don’t Reauthorize NSA Spying in a Must-Pass Funding Bill
Don’t Reauthorize NSA Spying in a Must-Pass Funding Bill The next two weeks will be a flurry of activity in Congress. Before they can leave for the holidays, our government must—at minimum—pass at least one bill to keep the government running and also decide what to do about a controversial NSA spying authority called Section 702. Some legislators want to reauthorize Section 702, without meaningful reform, by attaching it to must-pass spending legislation. This is a terrible idea. The legislative process surrounding Section 702 already lacks necessary transparency and deliberation. The new legislative stratagem gets complicated very quickly. Here’s what you need to know. Background On December 8 th , Congress...