WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressional Progressive Caucus announced an official position to oppose reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) without significant reforms to protect Americans’ civil liberties.
The position, adopted by a vote of the caucus, comes as FBI Director Kash Patel admitted under oath that the FBI is buying location data on Americans, raising fresh concerns about the Trump Administration’s stunning disregard for American privacy and civil liberties – including refusing to rule out using artificial intelligence for mass domestic surveillance, with the Defense department reportedly insisting that AI firms allow the collection and analysis of “commercial bulk data on Americans, such as geolocation and web browsing data.”
The vote also comes amid growing concern about the potential for the government to collect data related to reproductive health, such as data collected by a company about visits to Planned Parenthood visits.
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The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is made up of nearly 100 members standing up for progressive ideals in Washington and throughout the country. Since 1991, the CPC has advocated for progressive policies that prioritize working Americans over corporate interests. The CPC champions policies including comprehensive immigration reform, good-paying jobs, fair trade, universal health care, debt-free college, climate action, and a just foreign policy. The caucus is the leading voice calling for bold and sweeping solutions to the urgent crises facing this nation, including ending America’s broken for-profit health care system, raising American wages, eliminating political corruption, supporting the labor movement, and taking action to protect the planet for generations to come.
