Ahead of the impending expiration of FISA Section 702 this week, Patrick Eddington, a senior fellow in homeland security and civil liberties at the Cato Institute, released a new blog detailing the thousands of FISA noncompliance records being held up by the DOJ and FBI, writing in part:

“All of this matters because the FISA Section 702 program is set to expire in three days (June 12), unless Congress takes action to temporarily extend the spy power. So we now have 1) Senator Ron Wyden (D‑OR) being stonewalled in his attempts to get an explosive, damaging FISA court opinion released, and 2) Cato receiving the same treatment from the DOJ and FBI on a mountain of potentially relevant surveillance noncompliance incidents—all happening before yet another key vote on this deeply troubled and arguably unconstitutional mass electronic surveillance dragnet power. Coincidence?”

Eddington will also be testifying at a hearing tomorrow before the House Committee on Homeland Security Democrats at 1 p.m. ET. You can find additional information on the hearing here.

To speak with Eddington further on FISA Section 702, contact Christopher Tarvardian.