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Verified-claims stub for FISA Section 702 — the foreign-intelligence surveillance authority codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1881a. Structured details (provisions, stakeholders, prediction markets) live on the legislation directory page; this MDX stub records only facts independently verified by the sourcing pipeline.
Introduced2008-07
Statusenacted
AuthorUS Congress
ScopeFederal
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Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, codified at 50 U.S.C. § 1881a, authorizes the targeting of non-US persons reasonably believed to be located outside the United States to acquire foreign intelligence information. The Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence jointly authorize collection on an annual basis. Communications incidentally acquired about US persons may be queried using US-person identifiers, under procedures reviewed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
Section 702 was added to FISA by the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-261), signed into law by President George W. Bush on July 10, 2008.
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Why this matters for AI governance
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This is the statutory text of FISA Section 702, which authorizes the Attorney General and Director of National Intelligence to jointly approve targeting of non-US persons located outside the United States for foreign intelligence collection. It establishes limitations protecting US persons and communications, requires targeting and minimization procedures, and mandates Fourth Amendment compliance. The law governs major surveillance programs relevant to national security and technology policy.
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