A US Spying Law Expires Amid Distrust of Trump Moves on National Security
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A US spying law expires amid distrust of Trump moves on national security
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on April 18, 2024. (Photo by Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — For the first time in nearly two decades, Congress missed a deadline for reauthorization of a key surveillance authority, raising questions about whether the U.S. government can continue to monitor certain communications. Lawmakers have regularly approved short- and long-term extensions for Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Survei…
The 2026 World Cup won a new chapter off the grass. Amid the tournament that brings together selections from 48 countries in the United States, Canada and Mexico, an important American intelligence surveillance program expired this Saturday, causing concern among security authorities and expanding a political dispute in Washington. This is Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a mechanism that allowed the United States…
The authorization granted to a U.S. surveillance program expired at a time when national security concerns are intensifying
Expiring spy law sparks warnings of 'fatal' consequences ahead of World Cup
One of the government’s most powerful surveillance tools will go dark this weekend, and lawmakers aren’t sure what that means for the nation’s intelligence-gathering authorities. Democrats rejected attempts in the House and Senate to extend Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) in an act of defiance against President Donald Trump, who tapped Housing chief Bill Pulte to temporarily oversee the nation’s intelligence servi…
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