My 19-year-old son never had to die from a fentanyl overdose. This critical law can fight the crisis
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The fentanyl that killed my son should never have been on the street.
James "Sandy" Winnefeld, Jr. is Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board.
But he was also let down on the supply side: the fentanyl that killed him should never have been on the street. Had a key surveillance authority used by our nation’s intelligence community been fully applied to the fentanyl crisis that began gripping our nation around the time of Jonathan’s death, that fatal dose might have never reached him.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was enacted by Congress in 2008 to close pre-9/11 gaps and ensure America could effectively collect intelligence on foreign persons located overseas and keep pace with the evolving electronic communications methods used by those who would do our nation harm.