Senator Mark Warner is trying to pass new limits on when the government can wiretap Americans. At least two senators are quietly trying to stop him.
Members of the United States Senate have been working for more than a month to shore up safeguards against further misuse of the US government’s most consequential surveillance program. Those efforts have hit a snag, however, with at least two Republican senators now privately objecting to the changes—provisions that seek to impose new limits on the US government’s power to wiretap communications between Americans and foreigners overseas.
” The new provision, however, would create a presumption that the court more reliably appoints amici when a government request for surveillance presents “exceptional” constitutional concerns, or when the government intends to directly target an American. Last week, WIRED confirmed that Senator John Cornyn, whose committee assignments include both judiciary and intelligence, was the source of an objection to the new amicus language, threatening to scuttle the changes.
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