The Section 702 Surveillance Debate Has Taken Place in the Dark

The Section 702 Surveillance Debate Has Taken Place in the Dark

In 2013, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden famously brought to light a series of classified US government spying programs. For the first time, the American people learned that the NSA was collecting millions of their phone calls and electronic communications—emails, Facebook messages, texts, browsing histories—all without a warrant. Several of the programs Snowden …