Edward Snowden calls on Biden to veto FISA renewal after Senate vote

Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency contractor and whistleblower, recently urged President Joe Biden to veto the renewal of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The call came after the United States Senate passed a vote to renew the act, which Snowden has criticized for being too invasive and lacking in transparency.

Snowden became a percipient figure after leaking classified information about the NSA’s surveillance activities in 2013. His disclosures revealed the extent of the U.S. government’s domestic and international spying operations,