Attorney General Merrick Garland Testifies on the Reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testified on March 1 for the first time before the new Congress at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, “Oversight of the Department of Justice.” Buried in wide-ranging testimony was an exchange about the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Just Security recently ran a series featuring pieces by Elizabeth Goitein and Ashley Gorski on surveillance under the Act, and will soon publish an article on the topic by George Croner, who has criticized proposed FISA reforms here and here.