A group of House Republicans tanked a potential extension to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as the deadline to renew it looms.
a potential extension to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as the renewal deadline looms. Supporters say it’s crucial for national security , but privacy advocates and former President Donald Trump are urging against its renewal.account Wednesday as a fierce debate in Congress rages over how to proceed with Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.“President Trump used the intel from this program to kill terrorists.
They wind up collecting literally billions of communications both from bad actors but also completely innocent people including an awful lot of Americans," said Cato Institute fellow Patrick Eddington.“There’s a lot of data that companies are collecting on gun owners and the federal government is able to buy...they don’t need a warrant to look at that data currently. And that’s totally unacceptable," said Aidan Johnston with Gun Owners of America.Republican hardliners Rep.
These reforms would actually kill the abuses that allowed President Trump's campaign to be spied on," he said before the vote on Wednesday.
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