Trump Signs 10-Day FISA Fix After House GOP Revolt

President Donald Trump has signed a 10-day extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, keeping the warrantless surveillance program alive through April 30 after House Republican leaders failed overnight to move either a five-year rewrite or a clean 18-month renewal the White House had demanded.

Section 702 allows the National Security Agency, FBI, CIA, and other agencies to collect the communications of foreign targets abroad without individualized warrants.

Americans in contact with those targets can be swept in, and privacy advocates in both parties have long pushed for a warrant requirement before agencies search that data for U.S.-person information.

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