Summary: This week we’ve got the concluding episode in our trilogy of deep dives exploring the history and evolution of our foreign-intelligence collection legal architecture (see <a href="https://www.nationalsecuritylawpodcast.com/episode-96-a-deep-dive-into-the-foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act/">here</a> and <a href="https://www.nationalsecuritylawpodcast.com/episode-97-fisa-part-deux-a-deeper-dive/">here</a> for the two earlier episodes). Our focus this week?<br> <br> * Section 702, PRISM, and Upstream: What exactly is this, what are the key points of controversy, and how has it been tweaked by statute recently?<br> * Section 215, contact chaining with bulk communications metadata, and the USA Freedom Act: Same questions (what is this, what are the points of controversy, how has it been tweaked?)<br> <br> And in the aftermath of it all, we explore whether we have, from 2013 to today, created a new equilibrium for surveillance law, restoring stability as had occurred previously in 1978.<br>
