Lawmakers Demand Answers on Whether VPN Use Exposes Americans to Warrantless NSA Surveillance

A bipartisan group of lawmakers including Senators Wyden, Warren, Markey, and Padilla, along with Representatives Jayapal and Jacobs, sent a letter to DNI Gabbard demanding disclosure on whether U.S. intelligence agencies monitor VPN servers located abroad. The concern is that Americans routing traffic through foreign VPN servers may be inadvertently classified as foreign persons under Section 702 of FISA, triggering warrantless NSA surveillance. Federal agencies including the FBI and NSA recommend VPN use for privacy, yet the same practice may expose users to the surveillance they seek to avoid.