House Denies Bill to Extend Surveillance Power With FISA Section 702 Set to Expire

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House committee directs Pentagon plan for radiation drugs House rejects last-ditch FISA extension ahead of Friday deadline FISA 702 spy powers set to expire after House vote fails over Pulte backlash Surveillance Power Set to Lapse in Fight Over Trump Spy Chief The US House of Representatives will attempt on Thursday to pass a short-term extension of a powerful surveillance law amid controversy surrounding Donald Trump’s decision to install an inexperienced loyalist as the country’s top intelligence official. Democrats have said they will block the move to renew the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa) in protest of Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte, a major Republican donor, as acting director of national intelligence. Without congressional authorization, section 702 of Fisa, which was enacted in the wake of 9/11 and allows US intelligence agencies to intercept foreign communications without a court warrant, will lapse on Friday.