Our Chance to Rein in Government Surveillance

In response to the massive outcry from people like you, we have a last-ditch effort for real, robust surveillance reform. But this won’t happen unless we continue to make a lot of noise. On Jan 11, the House will vote to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Unfortunately, the underlying bill is terrible and would actually work to expand government surveillance. BUT leadership has agreed to allow a vote on an amendment, called the USA Rights Act, that would substitute the language in the bill and get us as close to a dream reform bill as we’ve seen since Edward Snowden exposed the extent of government surveillance. Reauthorizing 702 without adopting the critical reforms offered in the USA Rights Act would fundamentally weaken our Fourth Amendment right to privacy.