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Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar and Raúl Grijalva oppose renewing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act without amending it.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is taking heat from the hard-right conservative wing of his conference over the addition of a short-term extension of the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers in the Defense authorization bill. Johnson huddled with a slew of animated GOP lawmakers — many of whom had long given his ousted predecessor headaches — on…

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the U.S. government to collect data without a warrant.

FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress, saying that he has never seen so many elevated terror-related threats all at the same time.

The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee said he fears a lapse in the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers as Congress struggles to settle on a proposal or a pathway to reauthorize them ahead of an end-of-the-year expiration. Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) said Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which allows the…

The House will consider a short-term extension of the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers as part of the defense policy bill, House intelligence leaders confirmed Wednesday. The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) will include a provision to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) into mid-April — dodging its end of the year…

The State Department's Brett Holmgren writes that allowing a key surveillance tool to expire "would severely inhibit a range of important U.S. diplomatic functions."

US News: FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing deep concerns about the unprecedented level of ter

Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the U.S. government to collect data without a warrant.

FBI Director Christopher Wray at a Tuesday hearing gave an impassioned pitch for Congress to reauthorize warrantless surveillance powers for the intelligence community without the need to secure a court’s blessing to review information on Americans swept up in the process. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is set to expire at the…