US EditionLatest Spy Powers Proposal Doesn’t Have Warrant Requirement Demanded by Critics
The bill would extend the surveillance authority for 3 years, while privacy groups say it leaves abuse concerns and warrantless searches unchanged.
- On Thursday, House Speaker Mike Johnson released a three-year extension for FISA Section 702, attempting to reauthorize the surveillance program before its April 30 expiration after previous attempts failed.
- Federal intelligence agencies performed 57,000 'backdoor searches' on Americans' communications in 2023, driving intense opposition from hard-right Republicans demanding a warrant requirement to protect Fourth Amendment rights.
- Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program, noted the provision is 'almost identical to the one that failed last week' and offers no new warrant protections.
- House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, reversing his long-held opposition, now supports the program and aligns with President Donald Trump, citing dramatic improvements in accountability reforms implemented two years ago.
- The House Rules Committee will meet Monday to mark up the legislation, facing an April 30 deadline as leadership continues talks with Republicans who previously blocked extension efforts.
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House GOP Unveils Bill to Extend Key Surveillance Power Until 2029
House Republicans on April 23 unveiled legislation to extend for three years a surveillance authority that permits the collection of communications from non-U.S. persons located abroad without a warrant. The House Rules Committee released the nine-page bill, which would renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) through April 30, 2029. Section 702 authorizes warrantless surveillance targeting foreign individuals overse…
House GOP Unveils Bill to Extend Key Surveillance Power Until 2029 - The Thinking Conservative News
House Republicans proposed a three-year extension of a surveillance law allowing warrantless collection of communications from non-U.S. persons abroad. The post House GOP Unveils Bill to Extend Key Surveillance Power Until 2029 appeared first on The Thinking Conservative News.
House Republican Leadership Unveils Latest Spy Powers Bill Without Warrant Requirement
House Republican leadership on Thursday unveiled its latest proposal to extend a key spy powers authority that does not contain many of the demands listed by conservatives to reform Section 702 of FISA. The post House Republican Leadership Unveils Latest Spy Powers Bill Without Warrant Requirement appeared first on Breitbart.
Mike Johnson’s Plan for a Spy Powers Extension May Fall Short Again
Jose Luis Magana/APSpeaker Mike Johnson is making a last-ditch effort to reauthorize a key surveillance law before it expires at the end of the month, as the Senate threatens to take over after weeks of unsuccessful negotiations in the House.Johnson released the text of a new extension bill on Thursday aimed at appeasing ultraconservative privacy hawks. It would extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a law that allows t…
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