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# The Coming Fight Over American Surveillance
- URL: https://werd.io/the-coming-fight-over-american-surveillance/
- Published: 2023-06-06T13:17:41.000Z
- Updated: 2023-06-06T13:17:41.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:21

“The government had little difficulty persuading lawmakers to renew the law in 2012 and 2018, despite growing evidence that it was being used to spy on Americans. But that evidence is now overwhelming, and the politics of surveillance have radically shifted.” [#Democracy](https://werd.io/tag/Democracy)

\[[Link](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/coming-fight-over-american-surveillance)\]