Fixing FISA: How a Law Designed to Protect Americans Has Been Weaponized Against Them

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance will hold a hearingon Thursday, April 27, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. ET. The hearing, "Fixing FISA: How a Law Designed to Protect Americans Has Been Weaponized Against Them," will examine the FBI's abuses of its Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorities, discuss the FBI’s failures to implement meaningful reforms to prevent its abuses, and address the broad issue of warrantless mass surveillance on American citizens.

WITNESSES: 

• Michael E. Horowitz, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice - testimony
• Sharon Bradford Franklin, Chair, U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - testimony
• Beth A. Williams, Board Member, U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board - testimony