Push for 3-Week FISA 702 Extension Draws Swift Pushback From Senate Democrats
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Congress Leaves Washington Without Renewing FISA Surveillance Law
by Emmitt Barry, Worthy News Washington D.C. Bureau Chief (Worthy News) – Congress left Washington without renewing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, allowing a key foreign surveillance authority used to track foreign terrorists and national security threats to expire Friday. Republicans in the House and Senate tried Thursday to pass a three-week extension, but Democrats and a minority of Republicans blocked the effort. T…
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) expires on Friday, June 12, and Congress does not have the votes to renew it. The law authorizes the government to collect communications from people outside the U.S. without a court order, even when those communications involve Americans. For the more than 23 million naturalized citizens in the country, many of them Latinos with relatives abroad, the law directly affects the privac…
House takes the reins in FISA fight as Senate Democrats hold firm against Pulte
The House will vote Thursday morning on a short-term reauthorization of a key government spy program ahead of a Friday deadline, taking control of the surveillance authority’s future as talks in the Senate stall. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced Wednesday that the House will vote on a short-term extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that will extend the program until July 2, after Senate Democrats reje…
The Epoch Times
As Spy Law Nears Expiration, Lawmakers Mull Short-Term Renewal
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump’s pick for a key intelligence post has left Democrats and Republicans at odds over a spy law set to lapse on June 12. As the clock ticks down, lawmakers are contemplating Trump’s latest proposal: another short-term extension of the authority while the president searches for a permanent nominee other than his chosen acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surv…
Push for 3-week FISA 702 extension draws swift pushback from Senate Democrats
An attempt to negotiate a three-week extension on the nation’s warrantless spy powers is already facing objections from Democrats. Efforts to fast-track an extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) until July 2 were largely rejected by Democrats unless President Trump rescinds the appointment of Bill Pulte as acting Director of…
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