The House voted Friday to renew the government's most important spying tool without any major change, giving the country's intelligence community the powers it wanted.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in Washington. Pictured from left are Rep. Blake Moore, R-Utah, Rep. Maria Salazar, R-Fla., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La. and House …The House voted Friday to renew the government’s most important spying tool without any major change, giving the country’s intelligence community the powers it wanted.
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is what gives the government the ability to scoop up vast amounts of electronic data from foreigners living abroad, though Americans’ communications can be scooped up if they are communicating with foreign targets. Problems arise when theThe bill’s backers said adding a warrant would have blinded the government at a time when worldwide threats are increasing.
But opponents pointed to a history of abuses, including searches run on American protesters and political campaign donors. The bill’s passage is a significant win for House Speaker Mike Johnson, who for months struggled to cobble together a winning coalition. A key moment came when he agreed to cut the next renewal target for the law from five years to two years, giving opponents another chance to force changes much earlier.
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