08.06.2017 - 05:58 [ Electronix Frontier Foundation ]

Liveblogging Today‘s Senate Intelligence Hearing on Section 702

(7.8.2017) The public portion of the hearing has been adjourned. Note, there was significant discussion of the various investigations into alleged collusion between the Trump Administration and Russia. We focused this liveblog on stated purpose of the hearing however: the reauthorization of Section 702 and the unconstitutional mass surveillance programs the NSA operates under its authority.