House lawmakers reject a procedural measure to begin debate on reauthorizing Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The controversial FISA Act would have extended intelligence officials' ability to conduct surveillance on non-U.S. citizens overseas, raising concerns about privacy protection for U.S. citizens.
House lawmakers voted against a procedural measure that would have begun debate to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act , hours after former President Donald Trumpby House Speaker Mike Johnson, R.-La., and President Joe Biden, would have extended intelligence officials’ ability under Section 702 of the controversial FISA Act to conduct “” of non-U.S.
citizens overseas using an FBI database, which critics say can tangentially collect data from citizens who communicate with non-U.S. targets.that current provisions in the bill don’t go far enough to protect the privacy of U.S. citizens—including pushing for the inclusion of athe funding deadline in December following multiple failed attempts to pass the bill amid Republican infighting and debate over the warrant provision.With Section 702 set to expire in a little over a week, it is unclear exactly what lawmakers will do to get it reauthorized, though Johnson reportedly said lawmakers will “regroup and reformulate another plan” ahead of a closed-door meeting later on Wednesday, according toWednesday that the law “was illegally used against” him to spy on his campaign, in reference to the Justice Department’s 2020 findings that the FBI improperly obtained two of four warrants while investigating a former campaign associate—but the warrants were acquired under a different section of FISA that is not currently up for reauthorizatio
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