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Senate to Debate Privacy Amendments for Surveillance Law

The Senate is scheduled to debate several proposals that would establish new safeguards for the FISA Amendments Act, a controversial law that allows surveillance of the phone and email communications of US citizens without a warrant. Earlier this year, EPIC testified before the House Judiciary Committee, and recommended increased transparency and new public reporting of the Government's surveillance activities. Currently, the FISA letter to Congress provides little information about Government conduct. "Congress should not reauthorize the FISA Amendments Act until adequate oversight procedures are in place," EPIC Executive Director Marc Rotenberg said at the May hearing. For more information, see EPIC: Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and EPIC: Clapper v. Amnesty International.


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