House Republicans Recommend Changes to FBI’s Warrantless Spy Powers

Published on November 17, 2023

House Republicans have released a set of suggested alterations to the way in which the government conducts domestic surveillance, potentially changing a tool that has been used to conduct warrantless searches on Americans. The Majority FISA Working Group of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence released their 73-page report on Nov. 16, outlining 45 changes they suggest be implemented to curb potential abuse of the act by the FBI and other agencies. Thanks to Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), authorities in the United States are authorized to conduct warrantless surveillance on foreign persons outside the country. Section 702 was added to FISA in 2008 and has been protected on the grounds that it is an essential aspect of U.S. defense after the Sept. 11 attacks....

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