The new FISA reauthorization bill includes a sneaky provision that will force all US businesses to act as pawns of the National Security Agency's surveillance grid, whether they agree to or not.
The Section 702 provision of the FISA renewal bill requires officers of any US-based company that hosts any form of communication service to surrender surveillance data to the NSA or face prison time.
"Buried in the Section 702 reauthorization bill passed by the House on Friday is the biggest expansion of domestic surveillance since the Patriot Act. Senator [Ron] Wyden calls this power 'terrifying,' and he's right," wrote Elizabeth Goitein, Co-director of Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice on X Monday.
"If the bill becomes law, any company or individual that provides ANY service whatsoever may be forced to assist in NSA surveillance, as long as they have access to equipment on which communications are transmitted or stored-such as routers, servers, cell towers, etc."
"There are certain powers a government should not have in a democracy. The ability to force ordinary businesses and individuals to serve as surrogate spies is one of them. Even if the targets are supposed to be foreigners, a power this sweeping WILL be abused."
The FISA bill is set for a Senate vote on April 19, and the Biden White House is anxious to get it passed.
The House passed the FISA reauthorization bill on a bipartisan basis last Friday by a vote of 273-147 with the backing of House Speaker Mike Johnson, who previously criticized FISA's spying powers and storied history of abuse, including against former President Donald Trump in 2016.
https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/fisa-bill-will-require-all-u-s-businesses-to-become-nsa-spies/
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