The House of Representatives recently voted to reauthorize the FISA Amendments Act, a law originally passed in 2008 that subjects Americans citizens to the government's vast warrantless wiretapping program. Most Americans donât know that theyâre international calls and emails are subject to this program. Even their domestic emails and phone calls can be picked up without a warrant from a judge. The law's proponents donât seem to know this either.
With Julian Sanchez, a Washington, D.C. - based writer and journalist and a Research Fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute.
Radio interview by Amy Grunder, first broadcast live on Sounds of Dissent on WZBC 90.3 FM Boston on September 29, 2012. --- Sounds of Dissent has aired since 1998 on WZBC 90.3 FM in Greater Boston. Catch us every Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern Time. Live streams & archive links at wzbc.org.