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Section 702 expires at the end of 2017, and although Congress has already begun holding hearings about whether Section 702 should be reauthorized, information including the breadth of surveillance, the ways in which the surveillance is used, and its impact on American citizens and residents remains unknown to the public. A primary reason for our FOIA request is so Congress and the public can properly understand the law鈥檚 impact on privacy and free speech rights before renewal or changes are considered.

The FOIA requests were sent to the NSA, CIA, Justice Department, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

Section 702 surveillance is carried out through at least two programs, 鈥淧RISM鈥� and 鈥淯pstream.鈥�

Through the PRISM program, the government compels electronic communications providers 鈥� like Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft 鈥� to furnish communications sent to or from a foreign target鈥檚 account including, for instance, emails that the targeted person exchanges with family, friends, or business associates in the United States.

Through Upstream surveillance, the government intercepts international telephone calls and internet communications as they are routed across communications networks inside the United States. The 老澳门开奖结果 is fighting a separate lawsuit challenging the NSA鈥檚 Upstream surveillance of international internet communications. The plaintiffs in that case include the Wikimedia Foundation (which runs Wikipedia), The Nation Magazine, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Rutherford Institute, and other organizations.