The foreign surveillance reform bill went to the US Senate

according to the report of the International Group Tasnim News Agency, the US House of Representatives last night sent the bill to amend the country’s warrantless surveillance powers to the Senate for approval.

Last night’s vote It was done while there was a requirement in Congress to amend the law to add the warrant requirement to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

based Section 702 of the Act allowed the country’s intelligence agencies to spy on and monitor non-US citizens living abroad. But with the addition of this condition, the government can control the communications of Americans who are in contact with foreigners under surveillance and monitor their activities.

in While the beneficiaries of this guarantee believe that this work is necessary to protect the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution, opponents of the bill stated that this work is not legally necessary and complicates the bill and prevents law enforcement based on information at the right time. Slow.

Under the bill, Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act would be extended for another two years, and would include some reforms to the program, including effective screening of the number of employees who can use the 702 database to research information related to an individual. confirm the American Currently, such research is carried out more carefully.

A senior Justice Department official said in a conversation with The Hill: This is the best comprehensive reform in the history of the 702 program. This is the right reform bill that will change the way things are done, especially at the FBI, in a way that will have more protective effects on civil liberties and privacy.

This bill may be opposed by people who are demanding more and stronger reforms.

Based on this, Senator Ron Wyden, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who is against this bill, said, “I will do everything I can to prevent the passage of this bill in the Senate.

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