The Senate has voted to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program.
Barely missing its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse. The legislation that was approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It now goes to President Biden’s desk to become law.
Merrick Garland praised the reauthorization and reiterated how “indispensable” the tool is to the Justice Department. “This reauthorization of Section 702 gives the United States the authority to continue to collect foreign intelligence information about non-U.S.
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