The US Senate agreed to extend the wiretapping of citizens of foreign countries

The bill of Section 702 of the Foreign Countries Surveillance Law was extended by receiving 60 votes in favor from lawmakers in the Senate and 34 against.

According to the RT report, this document was approved by the Senate of Congress after the program expired on April 20, and it will be signed by US President Joe Biden, and this bill specifies its extension until 2026.

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Previously, the Office of Management and Budget of the White House announced that it supports the extension of Section 702 of the Wiretapping Act on Foreign Citizens, and the US government believes that if this program is not extended, the US authorities will remove the means of identifying threats to their security from They will shake hands.

A 2008 amendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 gives US spy agencies the right to wiretap and monitor electronic communications of foreign citizens, including large corporations, without special court approval.

At the same time, US spy agencies do not have the same right to conduct surveillance on American citizens without a warrant.