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FISA Section 702, explained

The House is debating the reauthorization of what’s called Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA.

We look at the program, why it was created and how it works.

Here & Now‘s Deepa Fernandes speaks with the Washington Post’s Devlin Barrett.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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