A bill reauthorizing the government's chief spying tool is on its way to the Senate after House lawmakers on Monday swatted down a last-ditch bid to block it.
Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 20, 2019. Turner says he has information about a serious national security threat and urges the administration to declassify the information so the …A bill reauthorizing the government’s chief spying tool is on its way to the Senate after House lawmakers on Monday swatted down a last-ditch bid to block it.
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida filed the motion to reconsider Friday immediately after the bill’s passage. Opponents from both Republican and Democratic camps opposed FISA’s Section 702 which allows warrantless collection of electronic communication by foreigners abroad. Sometimes Americans’ data is inadvertently captured and opponents of the reauthorization wanted to add a warrant requirement when the FBI searches for Americans in the FISA database.
“Let me be clear: the data collected under Section 702 is collected lawfully,” Mr. McConnell said in remarks made on the Senate floor. “It is entirely reasonable under the constitution. Any incidental collection of communications by or about U.S. persons is also reasonable.”
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