Congress still can’t decide what to do about warrantless surveillance

The deadline to reauthorize Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act is coming up a week from present connected June 12th, and legislators look nary person to reaching a deal. If this sounds similar deja vu, it's due to the fact that we've been present before. Congress reauthorized Section 702 successful precocious April - but lone for 45 days, truthful lawmakers could negociate reforms to the arguable wiretapping authority.

"There were nary reformers successful immoderate of the conversations that happened. Full stop," Sean Vitka, the enforcement manager of Demand Progress, said connected a property telephone Friday afternoon, hours aft the Senate voted 52 to 47 against a woody that would person renewed …

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