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AI is raising the stakes in the government surveillance debate

Up for renewal on April 20, FISA Section 702 has long been criticized as a backdoor for spying on Americans

Published April 6, 2026 6:30AM (EDT)

A controversial provision used by the federal government as a backdoor for spying on Americans is up for renewal in April. This time, however, analysts say that the renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Section 702 is of even greater stakes thanks to artificial intelligence, which has the potential to supercharge the government’s mass surveillance capabilities as well as the national security priorities laid out by President Donald Trump last year.

In 1978, when Congress originally passed FISA, the act was meant to establish a system of oversight for the U.S.’s foreign surveillance activities, with the bill establishing the FISA court to provide some judicial oversight. In 2008, however, the bill was changed with the passage of Section 702 of FISA, which ostensibly empowered intelligence agencies with the ability to conduct mass surveillance of targeted noncitizens.

The problem with FISA, however, is that it de facto created a system in which the government can collect and store information about essentially any foreigner it believes may have........

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