Sweeping Federal Surveillance Powers Could Expire Amid Civil Liberties Debate in Congress

‘We desperately need the Fourth Amendment right now,’ Senator Lee says. ‘It’s been overlooked, trampled on.’

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Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is due to expire on April 19 after Speaker Johnson punted on the issue in December AP

With an end-of-December deadline looming for the renewal of legislation that grants broad surveillance power to federal intelligence agencies, Speaker Johnson is hoping to push the deadline into February and join the measure with an annual defense bill, a move being met with backlash in Congress.

First reported by Politico, Mr. Johnson told Republican senators Wednesday that he wanted to extend the deadline to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act into February and link it to a broader annual defense authorization bill.

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