# FISA Section 702 with Brett Freeman

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Podcast: [Intel at the Edge](https://stenobird.com/podcast/intel-at-the-edge-7481844)
Published: 2026-04-08T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

FISA Section 702 is one of the most powerful — and controversial — surveillance laws in the United States. It allows the U.S. intelligence community to collect electronic communications from foreign targets passing through American company infrastructure, without a traditional warrant. In this episode, we sit down with Brett Freeman, a former attorney at the NSA, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the Department of Justice's National Security Division, who has spent years briefing the White House and Congress on exactly how this law works.

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