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  • EPIC, Coalition Urge Congress Restore Privacy Oversight Board’s Independence from White House

    February 3, 2025

    On February 3, EPIC joined over 26 civil society organizations in demanding that Congress re-double its oversight activities to ensure that the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) retains its independence and continues its work free from White House interference.

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  • New ODNI National Security Transparency Report Reveals Steady Increase in Section 702 Surveillance, Continued Warrantless Querying Issues

    May 1, 2023

    On April 28, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its Annual Statistical Transparency Report Regarding the Intelligence Community’s Use of National Security Surveillance Authorities, which shows a steady increase in targeting under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)—up to nearly 250,000 in 2022—and continued noncompliance with Congressional safeguards.

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  • Surveillance Court Finds FBI Repeatedly Misused FISA Program to Conduct Unlawful Surveillance of Americans

    April 29, 2021

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  • Appeals Court: NSA Call Metadata Program Was Illegal, Likely Unconstitutional

    September 2, 2020

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  • Coalition Amicus Brief: Civil Litigants Must Be Able to Challenge FISA Surveillance

    July 9, 2020

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  • Senate Amends FISA Reauthorization Bill, Sends Back to the House

    May 15, 2020

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  • Privacy Board Supports End of NSA Call Record Program

    February 27, 2020

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  • House Judiciary Committee to Consider Surveillance Reform

    February 25, 2020

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  • EPIC Joins Civil Liberties Groups, Backs Surveillance Reform

    February 12, 2020

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  • Inspector General’s Report Highlights Need for FISA Reforms

    December 17, 2019

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