Sold to the public as a foreign surveillance tool, Section 702 is the law has let intelligence agencies spy on millions of Americans' private conversations without a warrant; Despite years of revelations about this law's misuse, Congress has repeatedly reauthorized Section 702 without meaningful ref
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Sold to the public as a foreign surveillance tool, Section 702 is the law has let intelligence agencies spy on millions of Americans' private conversations without a warrant.
Despite years of revelations about this law's misuse, Congress has repeatedly reauthorized Section 702 without meaningful reform.
Until this month, that is, when it finally lapsed in a major victory for privacy.
