At issue is FISA Section 702, which allows American intelligence agencies to spy on foreigners overseas who are believed to be criminals or threats to national security. However, if these foreign targets are communicating with US persons, then law allows the FBI, CIA, NSA and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) to probe calls, texts and emails without a warrant.
US intelligence agencies and the White House have repeatedly argued that further restrictions to Section 702 spying powers will 'amount to a de facto ban,' and leave America weaker. After competing bills to reauthorize and amend the contentious surveillance tool failed in the US House of Representatives late last year, lawmakers slipped renewal of Section 702 into a massive defense spending bill and pushed the reauthorization into 2024.
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