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Les Jamieson was live with John Shuck on Friday morning December 8th on KBOO\u2019s\xa0The Beloved Community\xa0to discuss Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that is set to expire on Dec. 31st, 2017. This is the language which allows for warrantless spying on all Americans by the NSA. According to Mr. Jamieson, a vote could be taken before recess on December 15th on bills to extend Section 702 and make warrantless spying legal and permanent. Oregon Senator Ron Wyden has proposed legislation to reform 702 and add safeguards to protect civil liberties. Wyden\u2019s Bill is called\xa0The USA Rights Act.\nIn this episode Les Jamieson discussed NSA, Edward Snowden, spying, whistleblower William Binney (who is featured in Oliver Stone\u2019s \u201cA Good American\u201d), and the software he created, \u201cThin Thread\u201d would have done the work of foreign surveillance while protecting the privacy of Americans. It was discontinued three weeks before 9/11.\nLes Jamieson is the founder of\xa0www.hr14.org